German copper firm considers opening U.S. plant.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Reuters, Norddeutsche Affinerie (NA), the largest copper producer in Europe, is considering building a copper recycling plant in Louisiana. Norddeutsche is in talks with the state government about building a plant between Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. and New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , according to CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Werner
Marnette.
The project would be similar to Norddeutsche's copper recycling facility in Luenen, Germany, which produces about 180,000 metric tons of copper cathodes annually. "The Americans have closed all their copper recycling, and the U.S. exports enormous volumes of computer and electro scrap to China every year," Marnette says. "This project would be a step to assisting the U.S. to secure its raw materials supplies." |
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