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Commodity News
in November as improved business with Turkey, Bangladesh, Greece, and Thailand was more than offset diminished demand from Mexico, Vietnam, Kuwait, Malaysia, and South Korea. For the first 11 months of 2019, the Census Bureau trade data show total ferrous scrap exports from the United States were up 0.7% to 14.6 million metric tons on...
ReMA Circle of Safety Excellence™ (Open Enrollment)
Open enrollment is now available for the Circle of Safety Excellence™ Program. All Active ReMA members located within the United States and Canada, who process or consume scrap material and are committed to operating safely, are invited to apply to be part of the Circle. RETURNING members will need to reapply by entering your company safety data for previous year 2019. NEW members...
Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Web Academy Webinar: Safe Packaging and Transportation of Lithium Batteries: What You Need to Know
This webinar is a great opportunity to educate yourself and your frontline employees on safe packaging and transporting of lithium batteries. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting this webinar and we highly recommend you participate. Lithium batteries are key to our modern connected world, from our cellphones and computers to our cars (and not...
Entry Period for ReMA 2020 Safety Awards is Now Open
Recognizing and rewarding the recycling industry’s best in demonstrating core safety values (Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced today that the entry period for both the 2020 Transportation Safety Awards and the Circle of Safety Excellence™ (COSE) Occupational Awards is open. The Transportation Awards, sponsored by the RecycleGuard® Insurance Program, is...
This Morning
Reuters reports “Oil prices on Tuesday surrendered some of the gains of recent days as investors reconsidered the likelihood of immediate supply disruptions in the Middle East after the United States killed a top Iranian military commander.” As a result, the major commodity price indexes were down around 0.2% in early trading this morning. After...
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