The battery boom is coming to China, California and basically everywhere else—and it will be even bigger than previously thought. The global energy-storage market will surge to a cumulative 942 gigawatts by 2040, according to a new forecast from Bloomberg NEF published Tuesday, and that growth will necessitate $620 billion in investment. Sharply falling battery […]
Alpha Omega Recycling offers reclamation, processing, and recycling services for businesses with metal-bearing byproducts and wastes. We’re capable of handling complicated waste streams in an environmentally friendly way that also streamlines our clients’ operations and helps them meet regulations. Alpha Omega Recycling provides recycling services for industries that produce hazardous and non-hazardous, […]
hree-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were broadly weaker on the morning of Wednesday November 14, with the three-month copper price down by 0.1% at $6,040 per tonne. This after Tuesday’s energetic start that saw the red metal reach $6,181 per tonne at one point. Three-month nickel, lead […]
Metal Market Information The prices of individual metals, like prices for any commodity, are essentially determined by supply and demand. However, to assume that information on supply (production and inventories) and demand (consumption) is readily available, accurate and transparent, would be a big mistake, regardless of the type of metal. Current prices do […]
Nickel-containing products play an important role in our daily lives. Compared with other materials, nickel-containing products possess better corrosion resistance, greater toughness, more strength at high and low temperatures, and a range of special magnetic and electronic properties. Therefore, most nickel production is used for alloying elements, coatings, batteries, and some other uses, […]
New York — Meeting the future metals needs of electronic vehicles remains a challenge for the mining industry and will require significant levels of investment, an official from one of the world’s largest producers of nickel said Tuesday. Paul Casbar, regional sales manager for the US for Vale, told delegates of the […]
The spring 2018 federal agency regulatory agenda has been released. The following tables summarize EPA’s plans for proposing and finalizing new RCRA hazardous waste regulations. Rules Announced But Not Yet Proposed Description of rule Action Scheduled date Revisions to the ignitability (D001) characteristic (e.g., updating the flash point test methods, and […]
EPA issued a final rule on May 30, 2018 revising some of its 2015 definition of solid waste (DSW) reclamation exclusions in §§261.4(a)(23–25) and its recycling legitimacy factors in §260.43. [83 FR 24664] This rule is in response to the July 7, 2017 and March 6, 2018 findings by the U.S. Court […]
Alpha Omega Recycling offers reclamation, processing, and recycling services for businesses with metal-bearing byproducts and wastes. We’re capable of handling complicated waste streams in an environmentally friendly way that also streamlines our clients’ operations and helps them meet regulations. For businesses looking to recycle their industrial byproducts in an environmentally friendly manner, […]
Sometimes a very small quantity generator (VSQG) or small quantity generator (SQG) encounters an event (e.g., planned maintenance or unplanned spill cleanup) that generates enough waste to propel them into a higher generator category for that month. Fortunately, provisions in Part 262, Subpart L (added by the 2016 generator improvements […]