April 2021

Three metals stand out above the rest in terms of their usefulness: copper, iron and aluminum. But what`s with all this talk about copper lately? What makes copper and copper-based products so valuable to us, and why do societies depend on them? Copper is everywhere – take a minute and look around you, it’s in […]

Recycling has become increasingly important to society and industry to meet the goals of cost reduction, efficient management of limited resources, and reduced landfill utilization. We are accustomed to hearing the three R’s of recycling (reduce, reuse, recycle) to include paper, plastics, bottles, cans, and cardboard; however, many people do not know that you can

During the time of Antiquity, trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the ancient civilizations. Bridging the gap between the East and West, many goods from China, including silk, were traded all over the world. Nowadays, the traditional Silk Road works in the opposite direction, bringing raw materials, like

The word recycling was in use for 60 years before Reiner Pilz gave it a new thought in 1994 presenting the idea of downcycling and upcycling.* His main point was that the product after the recycling should have better value than before it. From this point of view, metal recycling process with its shredding, smelting

The term non-ferrous metals include aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, titanium, zinc, and alloys such as brass. Precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum and exotic or rare metals such as cobalt, mercury, lithium etc. are considered a non-ferrous metals too. Non-ferrous metals have properties such as high density, good corrosion resistance, good electrical