Tungsten is a crucial raw material of great economic significance globally. It’s one of the most durable metals and has a variety of uses throughout many industries. That is why this post is designed to provide you with essential facts about Tungsten Carbide Soft Scrap Recycling. We’ll highlight its sources and forms, provide facts about […]
Continue readingOn a global scale, current data indicates that for widely used metals such as aluminum and steel, the recycling rate is approximately 75%. This translates into 45% of the world’s steel production and 30% of aluminum world production coming from recycled metals. The benefits of using secondary raw materials impact the environment and the economy […]
Continue readingI remember when I first started working in the metal recycling industry in 1974 and I would tell somebody that I was in the scrap business, the first response was always” Wow, everyone in the scrap business makes a fortune!”. That probably was true at the time. Many fortunes were made in the business due […]
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The troft in metal prices that we’ve seen in the metal industry over the past few years has been painful, we’ve felt it, and if you’re reading this, you’ve likely felt it. Tungsten, Molybdenum are all trading at less than half of what they were just 2 years ago. This deflation has lead some within our industry to speculate on metal, holding onto material, waiting for better prices. We’re written about the risks of speculating before.
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As summer comes to an end, and with Mine Expo 2016 & CRU Ryan’s Notes conferences coming up, many of our buyers are getting ready to hit the road. At the best of times business travel can be an exhilarating mix of seeing new places, putting faces to the names that you work with everyday […]
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One of the keys to the success for Globe Metal has been our ability to understand the industrial application of metals. Through talking to our customers and asking them about challenges they face, we’re able to identify opportunities that will benefit both partners bottom lines and our own. One process that’s grown out of this […]
Continue readingIn today’s difficult business environment we are all looking to reduce costs and make ourselves more efficient. One of the ways to reduce these costs is to recycle materials that would normally go to a landfill. Bag house filters are an item that can be expensive to dispose of due to the chemistries of some […]
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Tantalum is an important metal for its unique properties. It possesses high melting points (3017 Celsius). It is highly corrosion-resistant and has high conductivities of electricity and heat. These distinctive features have made tantalum an indispensable metal in several industries. Tantalum is a principal metal widely used in the production of electronics with over half […]
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Globe Metal, Inc. is a cobalt scrap processor. We are buyers of all grades of cobalt metal. We buy cobalt scrap in many forms. Such as, cobalt solids, powder, sludge, grindings, turnings. Your material will be picked up and recycled into new products. Globe Metal covers all trucking and transportation, and documentation. We have hazardous […]
Continue readingTungsten Filaments are used in a variety of applications. Globe Metal, Inc. specializes in recycling tungsten filaments. The two main industries that we recycle them for is the light bulb industry, and the vacuum metallizing industry. When shops are vacuum metallizing they use a tungsten filament to run a current into the water. After a […]
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