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Metal Theft: The Saga Continues.
Metal Theft: The Saga Continues. Although we have already posted a couple of blogs concerning the problem of metal theft, a recent development in British Columbia has prompted us to revisit this issue. Last November, the Province of British Columbia passed Canada’s...
The Good Old Penny: RIP Come This Fall
The Good Old Penny: RIP Come This Fall As anticipated in a post we did about a year ago, the federal government announced the demise of the penny in its March 2012 budget. In about six months from now, the Royal Canadian Mint will stop distributing the coin and they...
If You Think Of The Recycling Industry As Innovation Challenged. Please Think Again.
If You Think Of The Recycling Industry As Innovation Challenged While there have been many new technologies introduced into the recycling industry over the past few decades, in this blog we want to highlight two recent exciting developments. One is in Canada and the...
Scales…One of Our Weighter Blog Posts, If You’ll Pardon The Pun
Easily the busiest pieces of equipment at any scrap metal recycling operation are the weigh scales. Scales…One of Our Weighter Blog Posts, If You’ll Pardon The Pun. They provide the defining measurement for all material trading, both buying and selling. There’s...
Weighing In On Regulations
When we started our business in 1990, the work was more physical and the regulatory environment was less intrusive. Today, we have more equipment to handle the physical load but we are surrounded by a sea of regulations involving such policy areas as human resources,...
Recycling: Not the Oldest Profession, But Certainly Right Up There.
Recycling has been around for quite a while. We know this because archeologists have discovered that in periods when resources were scarce they find less waste at archeological sites. In fact, researchers suggest that recycling may date back as far as 400 BC. They...
Metal Theft : The Epidemic Grows
Metal Theft: Our friend and associate Jim Murray of Onwords & Upwords, who has been working with us for a number of years helping us manage our communications, passed on an Associated Press Article this week concerning a bronze sculpture that had been stolen from...
The Symbology of Metals – Where Art & Business Meet
Metals have had a long history of symbolic relationships. Most notably, the attachment of symbols to metals can be traced to the ancient science of alchemy. Among other things, alchemists were interested in turning base metals into gold and silver. Along the way, they...
The Fine Art of Zigging When The World Is Zagging.
What is it about October that seems to bring out the worst in the financial landscape? The volatility in the markets has continued in force this week. At the time we are writing this blog, the price of metals has taken a significant beating, including copper which has...