Effect of Environment Friendly Technologies in Global Metal Industries

Metal is a product of a lengthy process that includes ore extraction, ore processing to remove oxides, casting, forging, and other steps. While exploiting already dwindling natural resources, this process creates huge amounts of emissions and other types of pollution.

With gradual decline in the environment, the emerging technologies have laid a pathway to potentially reduce the metal industry’s harmful impact on the planet. This may also be viewed in terms of building a circular economy rather than a linear one. Circular economies are restorative and regenerative by design and aim to keep products, components, and materials at their highest potential and value at all times. The only way to do so is to implement recycling at every level, not just in metal businesses, but also in areas where metal is utilized extensively.

Steel manufacturing, for example, has a number of side effects, including CO, SOx, NOx, PM2, water pollutants, hazardous wastes, etc. (https://www.worldsteel.org/en/dam/jcr:c3acc5fd-e3c2-458c-a2cc-8c4880b9334c/Steel%2527s+contribution+to+a+low+carbon+future.pdf). The major environmental impacts result mainly from coking process and iron manufacturing process.(https://www.worldsteel.org/en/dam/jcr:16ad9bcd-dbf5-449f-b42c-b220952767bf/fact_raw+materials_2018.pdf). In 2013 in Australia, the steelmakers began using the world’s first “green” steelmaking process. The process calls for substituting coke and coal with plastic bags and bottles that would otherwise end up in city dumps or landfills. Nearly 30% of the coke and coal has been replaced with conventional carbon-containing materials and importantly, greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and production prices all have shown a significant decline. 

Carbon is a critical raw ingredient in steel production using the electric arc method. Almost 40% of the world's yearly steel production is now produced using this approach. Moreover, Veena Sahajwalla discovered that recycled truck tyres are a more environmentally friendly alternative to coal (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veena_Sahajwalla). It could prevent over 2 million tires from ending up in landfills while simultaneously creating a renewable energy source.

“Trash for cash” is the new order of the day in a growing industry known as secondary metals. Metal recycling companies in UAE that are equipped with technology that is both sustainable and energy efficient have a big role to play. In the metal industry, such companies have a pivotal role in developing the “Green” attitude in the metal industry. Scrap metal yards in Dubai, for instance, helps in spearheading metal recycling and contributes to both ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals that can be processed back to a form of raw material that can be used to form new metal alloys. 

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The global market for metal scrap has significantly grown over time. With advancements made in the recycling technologies and awareness that drives the sustainable approach, it is indisputable that this trend will continue to move upwards with iron, steel, and stainless-steel scrap. 

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Recycling Talent

Undoubtedly, we all have been blessed with specific skills and creative minds.  At times, we are reluctant to use our talents but if we have courage and inspiration, we can improve ourselves and become part of a talented contributing community.

Handling of scrap metals is one of the most resourceful skills known to recycling industries. Metal recycling companies in Dubai recycle a large variety of metals. The most frequently recycled metals are scrapped iron, steel, copper and aluminium. The two main types of metals are ferrous (metals that contains iron) and nonferrous (without iron). One of the most industrial attributes of metals are that they can be recycled indefinitely, without losing much of its properties. Scrap metals are either melted down, fabricated into something new or shredded to make scrap briquettes for future use.

Recycling industries are giving an opportunity to our young talented generation by providing hundreds of people with great job opportunities as opposed to relatively dangerous jobs like mining. They invest in young local talents to drive the recycling activities not only have great environmental benefits but also help with economic growth and power conservation.

At Lucky Group, we take great pride in our highly skilled team of analytics and the years of experience that have contributed significantly to our positioning as a trusted entity among the metal scrap companies in Dubai.

We all live in a fast paced and modern world today, but little do we realize that all of this will not actually matter if there is no future and no space. Dubai is a city of talented and multinational community. It encourages people to recycle waste scrap metals to get rid of landfill garbage because pollution is man’s as well as the earth’s common enemy.

Lucky Recycling is one of the leading scrap buyers in Dubai, always concerned about the environment and streamlines its operations to be environmentally beneficial. Known for helping in educating and volunteering in most matters and events related to the environment they always make sure they deliver the best quality products to their customers in the least environmentally damaging manner. 

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3 Myths about Metal Recycling Business

Metal recycling is an essential measure for preserving non-renewable minerals and reducing waste. Here are 3 myths around the recycling business that we have debunked: 

1. Metal recycling consumes more energy than mining and processing new metals.

The process of mining the metal ore, purifying it, and processing it further is an advanced and lengthy process requiring a huge amount of energy at each stage. Whereas, metal recycling companies in Dubai and worldwide consumes significantly less amount of energy for the complete process of recycling. Recycling aluminum saves around 92% to 95% of the energy used to manufacture new ones from the virgin materials  (https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/g29740355/recycling-facts/).

Similarly, recycling steel saves 56% and copper saves 90% of the amount of energy required for production from raw materials (https://www.ierek.com/news/index.php/2017/09/17/5-benefits-metal-recycling-will-inspire/). Hence, metal recycling companies in Dubai and across the globe have sizably contributed towards energy conservation and preservation of the exhaustible mineral resources.  

2. The demand for recycled metal is insipid in the market.

Scrap metal holds great value to manufacturers owing to its cost effectiveness with no compromise in the quality. Recycled metals are used extensively in automotive, construction, house ware, kitchenware, electronics and consumer goods industry. Aluminum, ferrous, and copper scrap in Dubai and in fact, globally, are amongst the most recycled metals because of their myriad use in diverse sectors. (https://www.gminsights.com/industry-analysis/recycled-metal-market )

The ill-conceived notion that recycled metal is inferior as compared to new metal, and hence, is not desirable, is false. The growing concerns regarding environment protection, waste reduction, energy preservation and conservation of non-renewable mineral resources have given impetus to the metal recycling companies in Dubai. Scrap metal trading is flourishing as the market is expanding for recycled metal which is as good as new metal and environmentally as well as economically viable. In 2018, the market demand for recycled metal was estimated to be 787.5 million tons. It is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.1% from 2019 to 2025. (https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/recycled-metal-market) Thus, with positive demand of recycled metal across industries of all sizes, lucrative prospects await metal scrap yards and metal recycling companies. 

3. Metals cannot be recycled indefinitely.

Metal scrap can be recycled over and over again while being transformed into the same product as before. This is called ‘closed loop recycling’ wherein the scrap is recycled, usually into the same product, leaving negligible waste in the process. Closed loop recycling has become a popular practice among recycling companies in UAE. In this process, the cycle of being manufactured, then used and ultimately being recycled can continue without any definite stop. Besides, the recycled metal retains its quality. Most common scrap undergoing closed loop recycling is scrap from aluminum cans. Scrap from aluminum cans is recycled made into cans and the process continues. Hence, closed loop recycling ensures recycling chain sustainability.   

Lucky Group is the most trusted name amongst recycling companies in the UAE and is credited for the superior technology and eco-friendly techniques employed in recycling scrap metal. Lucky Recycling of the Lucky Group demonstrates the highest standards in the industry with its advanced processes for recycling ferrous and nonferrous metals. Recycled metal is soon to be the norm with the growing environment awareness and the consequent market demand for nature-friendly produce. 

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A TRENDSETTER IN METAL INDUSTRY - LUCKY GROUP

 Lucky Group is one of the largest secondary metal recyclers in the Middle East, it continues to preserve its core values of credibility, quality and customer service, while delivering products and services that surpass the industry norm, since 1973.

As one of the oldest operations of its kind in the region, with world class operating standards and state of-the-art technologies, Lucky Group has strengthened its emphasis on highly efficient operations, adopting more current technologies to be able to deliver the exact specifications of its clients.

Renowned globally as well as internationally, the Group handles all types of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals and concentrates on the needs of its clients world-wide to  promote recycling process for better results in contributing the environment for making sustainable society. 

Recycling is one of the most effective ways to preserve our planet.  Recycling companies in UAE, like Lucky Recycling is contributing and taking actions by playing a part in protecting the environment by collecting used and waste metals and turning it into raw material for the end-users.  

The recyclable materials like copper, aluminium, stainless steel, brass, iron, zinc and cables are collected at leading-edge recycling facilities situated in Jebel Ali Free Zone (UAE) and Dubai (UAE) and supplying to a highly-selective series of clientele in a variety of industries across the world.

Our team of technical experts in handling scrap metals focused on providing the highest quality services in meeting customers’ needs overall.  Our unique skills, global experience and in-depth knowledge of scrap metal industry over decades define us as Urban miner.

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Develop your skills through Scrap Art

Scrap metals is not only the thing which can be used for corporate business strategies but can be used by professionals or an art lovers.
There are some art materials that are fairly challenging to find out but Metal recycling companies in Dubai which has vast variety of metals availability used by an artist to showcase their creativity which we usually see in home decoration, jewellery, frames, sculptors, furniture accessories and much more.

“Transform your imagination in Scrap Art.”

Transform the scrap and highlight your creativity to an aesthetic world, will help you to improve the self-motivation.  Also scrap but art from scrap metals is unique idea to educate the local population the value of scrap metals and its utilization.

Some of those platforms like Lucky Recycling offer variety of scrap metals to discover your talent globally.