Still solid: the last two years have been mostly enjoyable ones for the nation's largest ferrous scrap recyclers.The problems experienced by ferrous ferrous (fĕr`əs), iron in the +2 valence state. Containing or having to do with iron. The difference between ferrous and ferric is the number of valence electrons they contain (ferrous contains two and ferric contains three), which scrap processors in the past two years have mostly been of the sort caused by business conditions that are so good that there is not enough time to pay attention to details. When Recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. Today last published its list of the nation's 20 largest ferrous scrap processors in the spring of 2004, the scrap industry was already in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of its current boom, with the previous year of 2003 generally' considered one that would be tough to match for good news. But pricing has remained aloft and has surged up even higher as global demand for ferrous scrap and other steelmaking Steelmaking is the second step in producing steel from iron ore. In this stage, impurities such as sulfur, phosphorus, and excess carbon are removed from the raw iron, and alloying elements such as manganese, nickel, chromium and vanadium are added to produce the exact steel materials has created a market with very few parallels in the memories of most traders Traders Individuals who take positions in securities and their derivatives with the objective of making profits. Traders can make markets by trading the flow. When they do this, their objective is to earn the bid/ask spread. . The money flowing into the scrap industry has perhaps helped fuel some merger and acquisition activity, but it has also emboldened em·bold·en tr.v. em·bold·ened, em·bold·en·ing, em·bold·ens To foster boldness or courage in; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. Adj. 1. privately held firms to stay in the market and enjoy the returns. The vast majority of companies that appeared on the 2004 list appear again on our 2006 version. One major exception involves the merger of Hugo HUGO - A bytecode-interpreted transaction handler from Geac. Neu Corp, into Australia's Sims Group. That company's combined operations For the department of the British War Office during World War II, see . In the military, combined operations are operations conducted by forces of two or more allied nations acting together for the accomplishment of a single mission. See also
HIGHER NUMBERS. Added together, the tonnage TONNAGE, mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel. 2. The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c. figures submitted by companies on the list as well as those estimated for companies that did not respond to our inquiries--indicate either growth in the overall ferrous scrap market or increased market share for the major players. Among the companies showing steady growth is Metal Management Inc., Chicago Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. , which has grown from processing 4.1 million tons in 2001 to nearly 4.7 million tons last year. The company operates 11 shredding shred n. 1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off. 2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence. tr.v. plants and has a presence in a variety of regional markets, including Chicago, Denver Denver, city (1990 pop. 467,610), alt. 5,280 ft (1,609 m), state capital, coextensive with Denver co., N central Colo., on a plateau at the foot of the Front Range of the Rocky Mts., along the South Platte River where Cherry Creek meets it; inc. 1861. . Memphis, Newark, Phoenix and several other large and mid-sized cities. (See "Giant Steps," July 2005 Recycling Today, or at RecyclingToday.com.) Also growing steadily in volume is Ferrous Processing & Trading Co. (FPT FPT Field Programmable Technology FPT Federal-Provincial-Territorial (Canada) FPT Fiat Powertrain Technologies FPT Female Pipe Thread FPT Fast Processing Technology FPT Forced Perfect Termination FPT Fine Pitch Technology ), Detroit, which has expanded beyond its Detroit roots and now operates shredding plants in Cleveland and Miami in addition to its Motor City facilities. The company processed nearly 3.7 million tons of ferrous scrap in 200.5, demonstrating growth compared to the 3.3 million tons FPT processed in 2003. Another Midwest scrap recycling company that has looked south for growth opportunities is Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. Brothers Inc., based in Middletown, Ohio Middletown is an All-American City[2] located in Butler and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Formerly in Lemon, Turtlecreek, and Franklin townships, Middletown was incorporated by the Ohio General Assembly on February 11, 1833, and . (See "Against the Grainn," in the Sept. 2003 issue of Recycling Today.) The company moved up from 840,000 tons processed in 2003 to slightly more than 1 million processed last year, and it did so thanks in part to acquiring collection and processing capacity in neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Kentucky Kentucky, state, United States Kentucky (kəntŭk`ē, kĭn–), one of the so-called border states of the S central United States. It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi R. . Yet another Midwestern company that has grown in part through acquisition is Galamba Metals Group, Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. (See "Second Sight," in the Feb. 2005 issue of Recycling Today.) In 2005, the company acquired additional facilities in Missouri Missouri, state, United States Missouri (mĭz  r`ē, –ə), one of the midwestern states of the United States. , while in 2004 it
added an Arkansas Arkansas, river, United StatesArkansas (ärkăn`zəs, är`kənsô'), river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo. location. Galamba Metals is procuring Procuring, in general, is the act of acquiring goods or services, usually by contract. It may refer to:
Growing significantly since Recycling Today last published our list is Commercial Metals Co., Irving, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to , which processed nearly 3 million tons of ferrous scrap in 2005, 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. figures submitted by the company. That is double the 1.45 million tons it processed in 2003. Commercial Metals Co. has added some new facilities, such as one in Birmingham, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. ., but has also upgraded equipment at a number of locations and has aggressively pursued additional business in its growing Southern markets. Without question, the demand for ferrous melting stock in China and other rapidly developing nations has given the scrap industry in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. all the incentive it needs during the past two years to keep scrap flowing into its yards, process it and ship it out to hungry domestic and international markets. RIGHT AND WRONG. With many privately held scrap companies reluctant to disclose volume figures, it can be difficult to gauge how many companies that belong on this list are in fact missing. Our hope is that owners, managers and employees of the companies that are on the list will consider it an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. . It takes hard work by a lot of people to procure To cause something to happen; to find and obtain something or someone. Procure refers to commencing a proceeding; bringing about a result; persuading, inducing, or causing a person to do a particular act; obtaining possession or control over an item; or making a person , process and ship ferrous scrap that is needed and wanted by steel mills and foundries. We hope that our recognition of those companies will be viewed as a way to honor leadership in an industry that can provide challenges with each up and down cycle in the market. Updating the list every two years has proven to be a good way to track changes in the corporate composition of the ferrous scrap industry. Among the major changes in this list compared to the April 2004 version is the previously mentioned combination of Hugo Neu Corp. and Simsmetal into a U.S.-based subsidiary of the Sims Group known as Sims Hugo Neu Co. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . There has also been at least one company that appeared in earlier lists that has since been largely disbanded. The former North Star Recycling subsidiary of Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, was sold off when Cargill decided to de-emphasize its involvement in the steel industry. Many of North Star's former locations were picked up by Alter Scrap Processing. The St. Louis-based company added a number of Upper Midwest The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. locations to its roster by acquiring some of the former North Star scrap processing assets. There remain several companies that are viable candidates for Recycling Today's list of the 20 largest scrap processors in the United States. In the cases of some of these companies, they have submitted figures that put them just outside of the 20 largest, while in other cases the companies did not submit a tonnage figure, and no reliable estimate could be calculated. Among such companies are Camden Iron & Metal Inc., Camden, N.J.; Gershow Recycling, Medford, N.Y.; Newell of Atlanta; Morris Recycling, New Albany New Albany, city (1990 pop. 36,322), seat of Floyd co., S Ind., near the falls of the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Ky.; inc. 1819. The city was a shipbuilding center in the 19th cent., and the riverboats Robert E. Lee and Eclipse were built there. , Miss.; General Iron Industries, Chicago; American Compressed Steel, Kansas City, Mo.; Atlantic Scrap and Processing, Kernersville, N.C.; Sadoff Iron & Metal Co., Fond du Lac Fond du Lac (fŏn` də lăk', –jə–), city (1990 pop. 37,757), seat of Fond du Lac co., E central Wis., in a resort region at the south end of Lake Winnebago; inc. 1852. , Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. .; Yaffe Cos. Inc., Muskogee, Okla.; Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Co., Holland, Mich.; Adams Steel, Anaheim, Calif., Pacific Coast Recycling, Long Beach, Calif.; and Tennessee Valley The Tennessee Valley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and is largely within the U.S. state of Tennessee. It stretches from southwest Kentucky to northwest Georgia and from northeast Mississippi to the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. Recycling, Decatur, Ala. The editors of Recycling Today would be happy to amend our list of the 20 largest scrap processors in the United States to include any of these companies that fell into the "non-responding" category for this year's edition of the chart. The author is the editor of Recycling Today and can be contacted via e-mail at btaylor@gie.net. CANADIAN Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. CONTENT The chart prepared by Recycling Today's editors includes only U.S. companies, although if the Canadian market is included, at least one booming Ontario-based company would crack the top 10. The Toronto market's biggest scrap company, Triple M Metals of Brampton, Ontario Brampton (IPA: ˈbræmptən, ˈbræmtən) is a city in the GTA of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806. , www.TripleMMetals.com, processed some 2 million tons of ferrous scrap in 2005, according to information provided by the company. The company has five Ontario locations and also has a significant presence on the nonferrous non·fer·rous adj. 1. Not composed of or containing iron. 2. Of or relating to metals other than iron. nonferrous Adjective 1. scrap side of the market. In late 2004, the company broke ground on an aluminum re-melt plant in Brampton called Matalco Inc. The 110,000-square-foot facility will produce billets made from aluminum scrap for sale to extruders throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Another major name in Canadian scrap is American Iron & Metal Co., Montreal. The company operates one shredder plant and an additional facility through which more than 365,000 tons of ferrous scrap were handled in 2003.
20 LARGEST U.S. FERROUS SCRAP PROCESSORS
Company Company CEO
Address or President
OmniSource Corp. Daniel Rifkin
1610 N. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, IN 46808
Metal Management Inc. Daniel W. Dienst
500 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610
Sims Hugo Neu Co. LLC John Neu (vice chair)
79 Fifth Ave., New York, NY, 10003
Tube City Inc. I. Michael Coslov
P.O. Box 2000, Glassport, PA 15045
Ferrous Processing & Trading Co. Howard Sherman
3400 E. Lafayette, Detroit, MI 48207
Commercial Metals Co. Stanley A. Rabin
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX 75039
David J. Joseph Co. Keith B. Grass
300 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Schnitzer Steel Products Co. John D. Carter
3200 NW Yeon Ave., Portland, OR 97210
PSC Metals Inc. Benjamin M. Blemker
5875 Landerbrook, Cleveland, OH 44124
AMG Resources Corp. Allan M. Goldstein
4100 Grand Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15225
Azcon Corp. C. Fred Francis
121 Chessen Lane, Alton, IL 62002
Alter Scrap Processing Robert S. Goldstein
689 Craig Rd., St. Louis, MO 63141
Cohen Brothers Inc. Ken Cohen
1723 Woodlawn, Middletown, OH 45044
Miller Compressing Co. John Busby
1640 W. Bruce St., Milwaukee, WI 53204
Southern Scrap Recycling Edward Diefenthal
P.O. Box 26087, New Orleans, LA 70186
Behr Iron & Steel Inc. Richard A. Behr
1100 Seminary St., Rockford, IL 61105
Carolinas Recycling Group Marvin Siegel
P.O. Box 578, Lyman, S.C. 29365
Galamba Metals Group Raynard Brown
3005 Manchester, Kansas City, MO 64129
Mervis Industries Inc. Adam Mervis
3245 E. Main St., Danville, IL 61834
Samuels Recycling Co. John Dulin
4400 Sycamore Ave., Madison, WI 53714
Company 2005 Volume
Address (Gross Tons)
OmniSource Corp. 5.3 million
1610 N. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, IN 46808 (company est.)
Metal Management Inc. 4.7 million (1)
500 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610
Sims Hugo Neu Co. LLC 4.4 million *
79 Fifth Ave., New York, NY, 10003
Tube City Inc. 3.9 million * (2)
P.O. Box 2000, Glassport, PA 15045
Ferrous Processing & Trading Co. 3.7 million
3400 E. Lafayette, Detroit, MI 48207
Commercial Metals Co. 3 million
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX 75039
David J. Joseph Co. 2.7 million *
300 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Schnitzer Steel Products Co. 2.4 million *
3200 NW Yeon Ave., Portland, OR 97210
PSC Metals Inc. 1.8 million
5875 Landerbrook, Cleveland, OH 44124
AMG Resources Corp. 1.45 million *
4100 Grand Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15225
Azcon Corp. 1.3 million
121 Chessen Lane, Alton, IL 62002
Alter Scrap Processing 1.2 million *
689 Craig Rd., St. Louis, MO 63141
Cohen Brothers Inc. 1 million
1723 Woodlawn, Middletown, OH 45044
Miller Compressing Co. 950,000
1640 W. Bruce St., Milwaukee, WI 53204
Southern Scrap Recycling 850,000 *
P.O. Box 26087, New Orleans, LA 70186
Behr Iron & Steel Inc. 650,000
1100 Seminary St., Rockford, IL 61105
Carolinas Recycling Group 650,000
P.O. Box 578, Lyman, S.C. 29365
Galamba Metals Group 560,000
3005 Manchester, Kansas City, MO 64129
Mervis Industries Inc. 560,000
3245 E. Main St., Danville, IL 61834
Samuels Recycling Co. 475,000 *
4400 Sycamore Ave., Madison, WI 53714
Company Number of Number of
Address Facilities Shredders
OmniSource Corp. 28 4
1610 N. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, IN 46808
Metal Management Inc. 40 11
500 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610
Sims Hugo Neu Co. LLC 20+ 10
79 Fifth Ave., New York, NY, 10003
Tube City Inc. 6 (plus 13 1
P.O. Box 2000, Glassport, PA 15045 mill service
locations)
Ferrous Processing & Trading Co. 12 5
3400 E. Lafayette, Detroit, MI 48207
Commercial Metals Co. 46 7
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX 75039
David J. Joseph Co. 26 10
300 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Schnitzer Steel Products Co. 10 3
3200 NW Yeon Ave., Portland, OR 97210
PSC Metals Inc. 18 8
5875 Landerbrook, Cleveland, OH 44124
AMG Resources Corp. 10 3
4100 Grand Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15225
Azcon Corp. 6 0
121 Chessen Lane, Alton, IL 62002
Alter Scrap Processing 19 3 (plus 2
689 Craig Rd., St. Louis, MO 63141 under
const.)
Cohen Brothers Inc. 11 1
1723 Woodlawn, Middletown, OH 45044
Miller Compressing Co. 6 2
1640 W. Bruce St., Milwaukee, WI 53204
Southern Scrap Recycling 16 3
P.O. Box 26087, New Orleans, LA 70186
Behr Iron & Steel Inc. 9 2
1100 Seminary St., Rockford, IL 61105
Carolinas Recycling Group 11 2
P.O. Box 578, Lyman, S.C. 29365
Galamba Metals Group 13 2
3005 Manchester, Kansas City, MO 64129
Mervis Industries Inc. 16 1
3245 E. Main St., Danville, IL 61834
Samuels Recycling Co. 7 2
4400 Sycamore Ave., Madison, WI 53714
Company Deep-water
Address Port
OmniSource Corp. No
1610 N. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, IN 46808
Metal Management Inc. Yes
500 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610
Sims Hugo Neu Co. LLC Yes
79 Fifth Ave., New York, NY, 10003
Tube City Inc. No
P.O. Box 2000, Glassport, PA 15045
Ferrous Processing & Trading Co. No
3400 E. Lafayette, Detroit, MI 48207
Commercial Metals Co. No
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX 75039
David J. Joseph Co. (River barges)
300 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Schnitzer Steel Products Co. Yes
3200 NW Yeon Ave., Portland, OR 97210
PSC Metals Inc. No
5875 Landerbrook, Cleveland, OH 44124
AMG Resources Corp. Yes
4100 Grand Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15225
Azcon Corp. (River barges)
121 Chessen Lane, Alton, IL 62002
Alter Scrap Processing (River barges)
689 Craig Rd., St. Louis, MO 63141
Cohen Brothers Inc. No
1723 Woodlawn, Middletown, OH 45044
Miller Compressing Co. Yes (Great
1640 W. Bruce St., Milwaukee, WI 53204 Lakes)
Southern Scrap Recycling (River barges)
P.O. Box 26087, New Orleans, LA 70186
Behr Iron & Steel Inc. No
1100 Seminary St., Rockford, IL 61105
Carolinas Recycling Group No
P.O. Box 578, Lyman, S.C. 29365
Galamba Metals Group No
3005 Manchester, Kansas City, MO 64129
Mervis Industries Inc. No
3245 E. Main St., Danville, IL 61834
Samuels Recycling Co. No
4400 Sycamore Ave., Madison, WI 53714
* = Estimate based on input from industry sources;; (1) Fiscal year
ending March 31, 2005; (2) Amount does not include
mill services scrap handling
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