Coffee pod recycling comes to West Coast city
A Nespresso-backed recycling program for single-use aluminum coffee capsules has moved from the 'burbs to the big city in British...
Critical Minerals
China enacts tariffs on U.S. scrap aluminum
Providing less than a day of warning, China began imposing a 25 percent tariff on recovered aluminum shipments from the...
US and European labs advance recovery technologies
A byproduct from corn harvesting is a key component in a new method of e-scrap leaching. Researchers on two continents...
What’s at stake in scrap aluminum tariffs threatened by China
After wounding U.S. exports of scrap paper and plastics, China is now preparing to cripple recovered aluminum shipments. This time,...
Major smelter offers details on e-scrap volumes
A smelter owned by metals company Boliden processed 77,000 metric tons of scrap electronics last year, down 6 percent from...
Recycling industry could see variety of metals tariff impacts
Steel and aluminum imports have been singled out by the White House, and though plenty of questions linger about the...
Phone take-back channels may prevent cobalt recovery
A lithium-ion battery expert says smartphone reuse trends will hamper the ability to use mobile device batteries as a major...
Cobalt prices drive OEM’s interest in phone recycling
A Samsung lithium-ion battery manufacturing subsidiary is exploring investment in recycling companies to recover cobalt and other materials, as demand...
Aluminum recycling giant closes one operation
Aluminum and magnesium recycling company Real Alloy will shutter its Wisconsin facility as part of continuing efforts to improve efficiencies....
Experts see higher precious metals pricing in 2018
Credit: Maurizio Targhetta Market analysts say 2018 could be a golden year - or perhaps a silver and platinum one...
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