ReElement Technologies, a company that specializes in refining rare earth elements and battery materials from both mined and recycled feedstock, joined the Minerals Integrity & Resilience Alliance (MIRA) in May as part of a broader effort to strengthen...
Metals and electronics recycling firms report stronger downstream trends
Recent earnings updates from Aurubis, Umicore and Sims Limited suggest that parts of the downstream metals and electronics recycling market remain comparatively healthy heading into the remainder of 2026. The companies cited supportive precious-metal and non-ferrous pricing, strong recycling activity levels, and continued demand for high-value secondary materials, even as they warned of ongoing pressure from feedstock tightness and volatile treatment charges.
Raised Aurubis guidance sends positive signal for circuit board and metals recovery markets
Aurubis raised its full-year earnings outlook after stronger second-quarter results driven in part by higher returns from recycling materials and precious metals. The company’s performance and ongoing recycling-capacity expansion projects in Germany and the U.S. are being closely watched by electronics recyclers and ITAD firms as indicators of downstream demand for complex e-scrap and recovered metals.
Critical Minerals: Tungsten scrap export controls draw industry attention
A coalition of industries and businesses that rely on tungsten is urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to consider...
Less premium smartphone inventory is reaching recyclers
Assurant’s latest mobile trade-in data shows that the best smartphones are being pulled into reuse and refurbishment...
Top 5 reasons for the rise of US e-scrap recycling
American e-scrap and ITAD operators are being pushed, incrementally and through shock events, to manage more material...
ERI enters Japan through joint venture with Itochu
US-based electronics recycler and IT asset disposition (ITAD) provider ERI has formed a 50-50 joint venture with...
Seized e-Waste in SE Asia: Return to Sender
Thailand's recent seizure of suspected illegal e waste at Laem Chabang Port is the latest in a wave of enforcement...
Why global ITAD is stranded in the Gulf
With the US–Israel–Iran war disrupting trade routes, Dubai’s rise-and-shock moment for ITAD and e-scrap is the story...
How Rising Fuel and Memory Prices Are Impacting ITAD’s Margins
The war in Iran is affecting oil and energy markets, driving up prices and increasing volatility in global freight and...
What the NAND flash crunch means for remarketing, refurbishment and residual values
A warning from one of the storage industry’s most connected insiders is raising major concerns. Khein-Seng Pua, CEO of...
HP Inc. earnings point to memory inflation challenge
HP Inc. has just reported its first fiscal quarter of 2026, showing an 11% year-over-year jump in Personal Systems...
Umicore highlights strength in recycling, catalysis
Belgian materials technology group Umicore reported higher revenue and profit for 2025, calling it “a pivotal year for...
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...
Sims Lifecycle leverages hyperscale decommissioning
For most of its existence, Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) has been viewed as a secondary business alongside its parent...
The cyber-physical MRF: AI and robotics reshape e-waste recovery
The electronics recycling industry is entering a new phase of technological acceleration. Advances in artificial...
Meta-Corning deal signals IT hardware retirement wave
Meta’s new multi-year supply agreement with Corning is the latest indicator that the US data center build-out,...
Malaysia clamps down on illegal e-waste imports amid probes
Malaysia’s growing role as a hub for global e‑scrap is colliding with corruption probes, large container seizures and...