Scrap preheating for iron and steel

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One of the most abundant metals on earth aluminum composes 8% of the earth’s crust in oxide or silicate form. Twenty-nine million tons of aluminum are needed to meet annual worldwide demands. Of this twenty-two million tons are new aluminum and seven million tons comes from recycled aluminum scrap. Of the twenty-two million tons of new aluminum used annually only 50% of it is ever recycled. New aluminum is made from bauxite which is energy intensive and utilizes a costly electrolyte and forms dross as a by-product.

The goal of this report is to provide an understanding of global non-ferrous metal scrap flows in the context of non-ferrous industry developments over the 2000 to 2011 period. The focus of this study is on copper and aluminium as the two largest non-ferrous metals in terms of both material tonnages and market value. The report consists of four chapters. The first chapter, presented here, provides a brief backdrop to the analysis on non-ferrous scrap flows. It outlines growth in metal demand and the underlying reasons for this growth.

The new edition of our BIR ferrous report "World Steel Recycling in Figures," which covers the five-year period between 2008 and 2012, highlights the importance of scrap as a global raw material for the world"s steelworks and foundries. Market developments in 2012 highlighted the global importance of scrap as an ecologically beneficial raw material for steelworks and foundries and at the same time underlined the need for a free world raw material market.

A small-scale approach to making wheels using a jig

The Egypt Vehicle Scrapping and Recycling Program will establish a mechanism through which owners of taxis, microbuses, trailer trucks and buses may voluntarily surrender their vehicles for managed scrapping and recycling, in exchange for financial incentives that may be used towards the purchase of new vehicles from participating vehicle dealers, under a closely monitored process. Carbon finance plays a critical role in ensuring the sustainability of the Egypt Vehicle Scrapping and Recycling Program by ensuring that the program's social and environmental objectives are met.

The Mexico City Insurgentes Bus Rapid Transit System Carbon Finance Project will contribute to reductions in local airborne pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions generated by the transport sector in the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City. This will be sought through the development of the first surface mass transport corridor in Mexico City (Insurgentes Avenue) and associated traffic management measures.