River Metals Recycling Plans Expansion of Kentucky Facility

River Metals Recycling (RMR) has announced plans to expand its Louisville, Ky., nonferrous metal recovery operations. The expansion will include the construction of a 60,000-square-foot metal recovery plant, which will use a combination of processes to extract ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal from automobile shredder fluff. RMR is wholly owned by The David J. Joseph Co (DJJ).

According to published reports, if the project receives final approval, groundbreaking on the project could begin by the spring of 2011 with the system running by the end of 2011.

In Louisville, RMR’s processing capabilities include automobile shredding, baling, shearing, barge cutting and sorting ferrous and nonferrous metals.

The separation technology to be installed at the Louisville facility has been used at DJJ facilities in Salt Lake City, Denver and Houston. The company notes that the technology has resulted in the company increasing the recovery rate from auto shredder fluff.

According to a DJJ release, the Louisville expansion will consist of an automated process that complies with all environmental laws and rules. The facility will be fully enclosed, and will not generate regulated air emissions, wastewater discharges or significant noise.  

RMR operates 10 processing yards: Henderson, Louisville, Newport, Owensboro, Paducah, and Somerset, Ky.; Metropolis, Ill.; Greensburg, Ind., and Xenia and Cincinnati, Ohio.