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Latest version of European standard for tin mill products published
The latest version of the European standard EN10202:2022, 'Cold reduced tinmill products - Electrolytic tinplate and electrolytic chromium/chromium oxide coated steel' has now been published across Europe, replacing the earlier 2001 version. The new version now...
Steel packaging raises the bar with record recycling rate of 84%
APEAL (The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) have recently announced that the recycling of steel packaging in Europe has hit a new all-time high of 84%. It is an increase of 1,5% and is the ninth consecutive year in which the overall...
ArcelorMittal Italia to be renamed Acciaierie d’Italia
ArcelorMittal has announced that it has completed an investment agreement (the ‘Investment Agreement’) with Invitalia, an Italian state-owned company, forming a public-private partnership between the parties. Invitalia has injected €400 million new equity into AM...
APEAL announces 2025 vision for recycling
APEAL has announced its 2025 vision for recycling – Zero steel packaging to landfill – as part of Steel for Packaging Week, a virtual event designed to showcase steel as the model material for a 21st century circular economy. The 2025 Vision is set to be supported by...
Miory Steel produces first batch of Belarusian-tinplate
Miory Steel has announced the production of its first batch of tinplate from its new electrolytic tinning unit. Deputy General director for production Vladimir Dyakonov said "The first batch of white tinplate was produced in the amount of 150 tons. And we have...
New PERSTIMA tinning line in the Philippines expected to be operational by Q4-2021
Tenova reports that it has been contracted for a 200,000 tonnes/year new high-speed electrolytic tinning line with insoluble anodes by Perusahaan Sadur Timah Malaysia (PERSTIMA) Berhad, premier producer and supplier of high quality tinplate in South East Asia. This...
Tinplate packaging recycling rate reaches 90.4% in Germany
Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung (GVM) in its recently published annual recycling report states that 90.4% of tinplate packaging used in Germany was recycled in 2018. The recycling rate from private end use sources was as high as 92.2%, making tinplate the...
Liberty Liège-Dudelange joins APEAL
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has welcomed a fifth member, uniting all of the European producers of steel for packaging. The new member, Liberty Liège-Dudelange, which operates three production sites in two countries, is a...
U.S. Steel to idle East Chicago Tin facility
U.S. Steel has said that it plans to idle the East Chicago tin plant in Indiana by mid-November as part of the consolidation of its till mill operations in the United States, a move which could result in lay-offs for nearly 150 employees. Reports have indicated that...
Del Monte Pacific Ltd announces plans to restructure supply chain of US Del Monte Foods
Del Monte Pacific Ltd announced plans to close facilities located at Sleepy Eye, Minnesota and Mendota, Illinois. Production will cease at these facilities at the end of the current pack season. In addition, Del Monte’s Cambria, Wisconsin facility will be sold as an...