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Umicore highlights strength in recycling, catalysis
Belgian materials technology group Umicore reported higher revenue and profit for 2025, calling it “a pivotal year for Umicore.” The company said the launch of its CORE strategy reinforced leadership in its foundation businesses while it took steps to restore value in battery materials.
Apto, Tusaar partner on rare earths recovery
IT asset disposition provider Apto Solutions has teamed up with Tusaar, a US-based rare earth elements processor, to recover and reuse critical materials from retired technology inside the United States. The collaboration centers on capturing rare earths from shredded hard drives and sending those materials into Tusaar’s domestic processing stream rather than letting them disappear into conventional recycling and export‑oriented channels.
SIMS and Iron Mountain Are Repricing the ITAD and Positioning it as a Primary Growth Engine
In this episode, David Daoud of Compliance Standards LLC examines how Sims Limited and Iron Mountain are repositioning IT asset disposition from an operational afterthought to a primary growth engine inside publicly traded platforms. Both companies recently reported approximately 70% year-over-year growth in their ITAD divisions. More importantly, they elevated Asset Lifecycle Management and Sims Lifecycle Services in their earnings narratives, capital allocation priorities, and forward guidance.
Sims Lifecycle leverages hyperscale decommissioning
For most of its existence, Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) has been viewed as a secondary business alongside its parent company’s metals operations. That perception shifted somewhat with Sims’ latest half-year results, which pushed SLS to the foreground as a core growth engine and a bellwether for where the ITAD and secondary components markets are heading.
Apple’s Two‑Track Trade‑In Strategy: Macs Up, Mobile Down, and the ITAD Impact
On January 15, 2026, Apple quietly raised the stakes on used Macs while trimming mobile payouts, sending a clear price signal into the secondary market. This briefing unpacks what that split means for buyback grids, sourcing strategy, and where the best margin will...
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