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Smelter investment, gold prices and other metals news

Published: December 13, 2023
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E-scrap awaiting recycling at Boliden’s Rönnskär smelter in northern Sweden. | Boliden Public Media Library

Aurubis will invest $359 million at a smelter, gold maintains its recent high prices and researchers say recycled copper from e-scrap doesn’t necessarily generate fewer greenhouse gasses than virgin mined metal.  Continue Reading

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Our top stories from November 2023

Published: December 6, 2023
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A story about e-Stewards’ approach to e-plastics exports drew readers’ clicks last month. | Courtesy of Basel Action Network (BAN)

A couple of high-profile acquisitions – Iron Mountain’s purchase of Regency Technologies and Closed Loop Partners’ acquisition of Sage Sustainable Electronics – landed on our list of the most-read stories in November.
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California exporters must show they tried in-state options

Published: December 6, 2023
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A container ship travels under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay in California. | Jared Paben/E-Scrap News

Exporting end-of-life devices from California has long been a heavily regulated process. This year, lawmakers added another requirement that exporters first prove in-state recycling options were unavailable. Continue Reading

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Defendants to pay over $2M in Arizona CRT case

Published: December 6, 2023
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The legal settlements were the latest in the Closed Loop Refining and Recovery CRT abandonment case in Phoenix. | Justin Pinkney/Shutterstock

Three e-scrap companies will pay a combined $2.2 million to help fund the cleanup of millions of pounds of CRT materials abandoned by Closed Loop Refining and Recovery in Phoenix.  Continue Reading

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