Brazilian pig iron producer Viena has denied allegations of collusion with slave labour and illegal deforestation made by Greenpeace, as a protest against the pig iron industry by the environmental pressure group enters a second week.
Prices at UK docks for intermerchant ferrous scrap fell on Friday April 27 as increased freight costs to India weighed on domestic prices at the docks in Liverpool, merchants told Metal Bulletin on Monday April 30.
The Port of Antwerp in Belgium handled 46.3 million tonnes of freight in the first quarter of 2012, down by 2.2% compared with the same period last year, according to a statement on Thursday April 26.
Coal of Africa (CoAL) needs more than $540 million in finance to back its continuing transformation from junior to producing miner, ceo John Wallington told Metal Bulletin.
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has sent a letter to the European Commission and the Italian environment minister after learning about amendments to Italy’s waste-shipping regulations, which could see exports from the country curbed.
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