divestiture
British Steel mill’s future up in the air
Operator of blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace mill in England has started to consult on proposed closure of its steelmaking complex.
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UK’s Renewi targeted by Macquarie Infrastructure
Australia-based investment fund Macquarie Infrastructure is preparing an offer to buy waste and recycling firm Renewi, which operates in Western Europe.
Thyssenkrupp Steel announces site closure and job cuts
Company says it will close its Kreuztal-Eichen, Germany, site and indicates it likely will emphasize electric arc furnace technology in the future.
Celsa UK assets sold to Czech investment fund
Recycled-content electric arc furnace mills in the United Kingdom and Norway have been sold by the creditors that assumed ownership last year.
LKQ sees slight income drop in Q3
Auto dismantler and parts supplier has reported a 7.7 percent year-on-year decrease in net income on a 0.5 percent increase in revenue.
Sims attracts retirement fund as major shareholder
An Australian retirement trust now holds more than 5 percent of shares in the publicly traded global recycling company.
Sims nears completion of UK asset sale
Global recycling company says funds have been received from Unimetals Ltd., the buyer of several Sims production facilities in the United Kingdom.
Commercial Solar Panel Recycling seeks to further green the solar power industry
Glenn Laga, founder of Guardian Data Destruction, sets his sights on solar panel recycling.
Wieland purchases Aurubis flat-rolled products site in Buffalo, New York
The transaction allows Aurubis to focus on primary copper production, recycling and the multimetal portfolio of its smelter network while complementing Wieland’s core business and existing copper and copper-alloy flat-rolled production assets.
Scrap metals firm pivots to pharmaceuticals
New Jersey-based Free Flow Inc., which had been establishing a metal recycling presence in Virginia, has acquired a pharmaceuticals contract manufacturing firm.
Sims reports lower profit figure for its fiscal year
Recycling company reports an underlying earnings figure that is down 83 percent from one year earlier, though its overall revenue figure rose.
