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Aluminum Recycling, 2nd Edition
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Aluminum Recycling, 2nd Edition

by Mark E. Schlesinger
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
282 pages
9h 56m
English
CRC Press
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193Recycling Industry
need for raw material has led them to become the most signicant purchaser of scrap
in several markets around the world, leading to the loss of aluminum recycling in
several countries (Kirchner, 2007a,b; Scharf–Bergmann, 2007). The advantage of
cheap Chinese labor for sorting and melting operations has been well noted; how-
ever, labor costs have risen signicantly in the industry since 2010 (Minter, 2011b),
and the need to meet previously ignored environmental standards evens the playing
eld still further. As a result, the Chinese secondary aluminum industry is begin-
ning to move down a familiar path—closing smaller and ...
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ISBN: 9781466570245