Metal

A planning application for a scrap metal recycling plant in Cheshire have been withdrawn by European Metal Recycling (EMR).

Metal business China Armco has seen both gross profit and revenue decline in the first quarter of 2012.

A ban on using cash to buy metal for recycling could lead to hundreds of metal recyclers closing unless it forms part of broader reform, according to the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA).

Torfaen Council has launched a new scheme with local scrap dealers to prevent the theft of metal called ‘No ID? No Cash!’

Members of a crime gang that set up an international tax evasion scam have been jailed.

Specialist metal recycling firm SOS Metals is looking to boost its facility in South Normanton, Derbyshire by taking on an additional 65,000sq ft of space.

Ensuring free trade will be the main focus for metal exporters over the coming years, according to the BIR ferrous division president.

Japan Metals & Chemicals Co and Honda Motor Company are to jointly establish the world’s first process to extract and recycle rate earth metals from various used parts across Honda’s product range.

Although crimes for the financial year of 2011/12 are down 15 per cent on the previous year, Network Rail has reported that metal theft has cost 12 per cent more in the past year.