Fe scrap
Since the production of iron and steel – beginning several thousand years ago – it has been recognized that the material can be reused almost as often as required. New products can be made from old ones, they can be modified, reshaped and thus brought back into circulation through recycling as part of the circular economy. This means that recycling is not a buzzword, but rather has a tradition dating back thousands of years. RHM has followed this tradition and is now one of Germany’s leading raw materials traders.
What is ferrous scrap and where does it come from?
Fe scrap is steel or iron scrap from old, no longer used products (post-consumer scrap) or production scrap (pre-consumer scrap). They are available in various types of scrap after they have been collected, sorted, possibly shredded and then sold back to steelworks, foundries or other manufacturing industries. The majority of these scrap consumers use more than 50% of the recycled raw material to manufacture their products. RHM is a specialist in the recycling of raw materials.
What is done with ferrous scrap?
The machining industry accumulates chips, punching waste and other production waste. They are collected by RHM, processed, e.g. packaged, and then marketed. The main customers are smelting companies that melt them down together with pig iron, ferroalloys or other primary raw materials in order to manufacture (intermediate) products from them. Then there is old scrap. They also make up a large part of the international trade in raw materials. These are also melted down again by the customers and converted into new products.
What are the different types of ferrous scrap?
In the steel scrap trade, a rough distinction is made between the following types of scrap:
- Old steel scrap
- New steel scrap
- Shredded steel scrap
- Steel chips
- Punching scrap
- Bundle scrap
- Coated plates
What does the use of Fe scrap mean for the environment?
The use of secondary raw materials instead of primary raw materials means a comprehensive reduction in environmental impact. For this reason, the processing and marketing of scrap makes a crucial contribution to climate protection. The use of ferrous scrap not only saves a great amount of CO2 and energy, but also saves considerable amounts of natural resources. Scrap can be fed back into the economic cycle an infinite number of times without changing its properties.
Why scrap from RHM?
RHM has a very broad and strong base. It markets ferrous scrap, foundry scrap, alloyed scrap, non-ferrous scrap and industrial residues / metallurgical residues. The portfolio also includes steel product trading. RHM supplies well-known steelworks and foundries as well as the chemical industry.
RHM is always open to new technical challenges in order to further develop and optimize the recycling of scrap. In addition to a high standard of quality, the company also attaches great importance to research and development (R&D) of innovations. RHM’s way of thinking is such that challenges are implemented quickly and “unbureaucratically” in order to meet sustainability and customer requirements in the best possible way.
RHM as a partner for the trade in ferrous scrap
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