Metals

With the latest news and past articles about metals recycling. Alternatively, you can use the News Archive below to find more items.

Tata Steel begins construction on £1.25bn Port Talbot EAF

16 July 2025

Tata Steel has begun construction on its £1.25 billion Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) at Port Talbot steelworks this week (14 July 2025). The Department for Business and Trade said that the project ...

Partnership aims to reduce rare metal cost for recycling

The University of Birmingham and Brazil-based CBMM have partnered on a project to ...

Tata Steel teams up with universities for £7m AI-powered project

Tata Steel UK has announced a new research initiative - ADAPT-EAF – aimed at ...

BIR calls for clearer definitions of ‘green steel’

The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has called for clearer definitions on ...

NRW issues £64,000 fine after fire at recycling plant

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) announced that it has issued a £64,000 fine to a metal...

Volvo Cars signs deal for recycled steel

Volvo Cars has signed a new agreement with Swedish steel firm SSAB for the supply of ...

Falklands War ship sent to Türkiye for recycling

An iconic naval ship which fought in the Falklands War left Portsmouth Harbour for ...

Currys ups incentives to tackle e-waste crisis

Currys has announced that anyone dropping off old electricals at its stores will ...

EMR made Patron of Rail Forum

EMR has become a Patron of Rail Forum, as it works to support a domestic, circular ...

Aberdeenshire partners with Stella’s Voice for mattress reuse scheme

Aberdeenshire council has partnered with Stella’s Voice to provide a mattress ...

Greater circularity of copper is ‘critical’

New research from McKinsey has revealed that increasing copper circularity could ...

£4.2m refinance deal completed for unnamed UK metal recycler

Millbrook Business Finance said it has secured a £4.2 million refinance deal for a...

Teeside company signs MoU for £22.4m green steel plant

HES International B.V. and Binding Solutions have announced the signing of a ...

LIVE SECTOR REACTIONS: DRS management organisation appointed

The waste and recycling sector has reacted after the newly formed UK Deposit ...

Management organisation for DRS appointed

The newly formed UK Deposit Management Organisation (UK DMO) has today been announced...

Process for seizing fly-tipping vehicles to be simplified

Defra has announced a strategy to work with councils to identify, seize and crush ...

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