Metal Circular recycling
The decarbonisation objective that the European Union has set itself by 2050 is a challenge for the European metals industry. The various supply chains have always been committed to recycling because metals, even in the final phase of their use, retain a high economic, energetic and environmental value. Today, this value reintroduced into society puts recycling chains at the center of the attention of political, social and economic stakeholders and makes them increasingly attractive for investments and new technologies. The national sectors involved are among the first in the world in terms of capacity, innovation and productivity. However, there was no opportunity for an appointment where all the ideas and innovations that will become a current topic in the near future can be found, brought together.
MCR EXPO, Salone delle soluzioni per lâindustria del recupero e riutilizzo dei metalli ferrosi e non ferrosi, si propone dal 14 al 16 maggio 2025 quale luogo dâincontro e spazio di visibilità per tutte le imprese che agiscono allâinterno delle filiere che costituiscono lâeconomia circolare dei metalli.
MCR EXPO
the Metal Scrap Recovery and Recycling Chain
MCR EXPO
COLLECTION TRADE LOGISTICS
The collection, with a widespread ramification on the territory and in the places where the metals are used, ensures that end-of-life goods and production leftovers flow into specialized centers for the sorting, separation, selection and compaction of the scrap to make it available again for the industry.
The trade sector also carries out the fundamental task of sourcing scrap and residues on international markets to fully meet the demand for raw materials from the recycling industry.
ENERGIES
Recovering metals from scrap saves a significant amount of energy compared to producing primary metals from ore.
Nonetheless, the secondary metals industry still remains an energy intensive industry.
Producers and traders of electricity and natural gas, of photovoltaic systems, of energy-heat cogeneration systems, of systems for the recovery of energy from emissions, find operators in the recycling metals industry who are attentive and sensitive to energy saving energy saving investments.
SCRAP TREATMENT
Before being sent to the industry for recovery, scrap and residues must be treated.
Selection, separation, shearing, shredding, reduction, flotation, inertization, ... are all operations aimed at increasing the homogeneity and purity of the scrap and, ultimately, its commercial value.
ENVIRONMENT SAFETY CERTIFICATION
Metal recycling is conducted, in all its phases, with extreme attention to the environment and in compliance with community and national laws.
Metals, whether recycled or primary, are the subject of voluntary, national, European and international technical standards, which contribute to making relationships between clients and suppliers clear and expeditious wherever they are in the world.
Certification plays a more important role than ever in the new requests of customers who increasingly want to have the guarantee that even the metal components of products for end markets contain a high percentage of recycled material.
MERGER REFINING
With melting, scrap metal comes back to life.
In the various types of furnaces, specific for each metal, the metal charge is brought back to the liquid state, ready to be refined from impurities and brought to the final quality specifications required for the new uses.
ECONOMY MARKETS MARKETS
Secondary or recycled metals are also affected by the combined trends of the production cycle and demand and react to the stimuli of the global economy.
They are listed on the stock exchange, have their own economic observatories, are studied and monitored daily by specialized institutes that support industry and commerce in daily purchase and sale decisions.
TECHNOLOGIES
Machines and systems for the treatment of scrap: shears, balers, shredders, shredders, eddy current, flotation machines, conveyors, spiders, buckets, specific vehicles, etc.
Foundry machines and plants: melting furnaces, casting plants, treatment furnaces, laboratories, etc.
CONSORTIA
To achieve the recycling objectives set by the European Union, important metal supply chains have set up Consortia for the recovery and recycling of certain categories of products that have reached the end of their life.
This is the case of packaging, batteries and accumulators and electrical and electronic waste.
