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METech Recycling, Inc. has been in business since 1968 and is headquartered in Gilroy, California. The company was founded to recycle precious metal scrap from electronic equipment manufacturers. The company was founded to recycle precious metal scrap from electronic equipment manufacturers.
COD980717557: Central City/Clear Creek: Clear Creek: Soil, groundwater and surface water contamination, leaching and liquid waste contaminated with heavy metals such as zinc, copper, manganese, cadmium, lead and arsenic, from mining and milling operations within the watershed.
An estimated 80% of all copper ever mined is still in use today. [15] In volume, copper is the third most recycled metal after iron and aluminium. [16] As of 2023, recycled copper supplies about one-third of global demand. [17] The process of recycling copper is roughly the same as is used to extract copper but requires fewer steps.
Open-pit mining is primarily utilized as the most efficient method of recovering this metal; the company's three largest such works are the Mission, Silver Bell, and the Ray mines in Arizona. The company had also operated in silver mining in Idaho. Its mines produce 350,000,000 to 400,000,000 pounds (160,000,000 to 180,000,000 kg) of copper a year.
In the US, more copper is recovered and put back into service from recycled material than is derived from newly mined ore. Copper's recycle value is so great that premium-grade scrap normally has at least 95% of the value of primary metal from newly mined ore. [80] In Europe, about 50% of copper demand comes from recycling (as of 2016). [81]
Hamburg, Germany-based Aurubis AG plans to build a $340 million recycling and secondary-smelting facility off Mike Padgett Highway. A $340 million project: Copper recycling plant aims to bring 125 ...
Los Angeles police searching a recycling center in the San Fernando Valley have recovered about $46,000 worth of metals stolen from city infrastructure, such as street lights, officials said.
The company processes complex metal concentrates, scrap, organic and inorganic metal-bearing recycling materials, and industrial residues into metals. Aurubis produces more than 1 million tons of copper cathodes per year, and from these, a variety of products, such as wire rods, continuous cast shapes, profiles, and flat rolled products in ...