[caption id="attachment_15295" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Silver is a key metal for e-scrap recovery firms. | Arkadiusz Komski/Shutterstock[/caption]
Silver prices increased sharply over the past week, and financial analysts anticipate they will remain elevated in the near future.
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[caption id="attachment_18675" align="aligncenter" width="900"]With fewer available drivers comes less available trucking supply, leading to higher prices and potential disruptions in trucking availability for those in the recycling industry. | Vitpho/Shutterstock[/caption]
A driver shortage that was exace
[caption id="attachment_18734" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Plastic Recycling, Inc. is the latest company to open North American capacity for e-plastics. | Courtesy of PRI[/caption]
Indianapolis-based Plastic Recycling, Inc.
[caption id="attachment_15051" align="aligncenter" width="800"]Ingram Micro's new ITAD operation in Mexico was built inside of a 120,000-square-foot distribution warehouse. | Courtesy of Ingram Micro.[/caption]
Many companies in the ITAD sector are searching for the best way to expand into international markets.
[caption id="attachment_15010" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]With a capacity of 6,000 pounds per hour, URT's system was designed to handle the amount of shredded e-plastic generated in URT's Janesville, Wis.
[caption id="attachment_14975" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Some analysts predict copper prices will increase close to their 2011 record, when the metal was trading for more than $4.50 per pound. | Syafiq Adnan/Shutterstock[/caption]
Prices for a major metal found in the electronics recycling stream
[caption id="attachment_10714" align="aligncenter" width="928"]The e-scrap metals market saw a significant impact from the coronavirus pandemic, which made obtaining supply a challenging task. | Amy_VonDe/Shutterstock[/caption]
Processors were not alone in feeling supply and demand impacts from COV
Leaders at companies serving the enterprise sector say they are hearing requests for logistics help and refurbished products of all kinds. That's keeping business steady even as some IT refresh projects are postponed.
[caption id="attachment_14567" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Gold prices reached nearly $2,000 a troy ounce in August. | savva_25/Shutterstock[/caption]
Driven by investors, gold prices have remained high throughout the year, even hitting a recent record high this quarter, according to The Wall Street Jo
[caption id="attachment_14454" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Urban Mining Co. operates a magnet recovery facility just south of Austin. | Courtesy of Urban Mining Co.[/caption]
Urban Mining Co., which uses an innovative process to recycle rare earth magnets, has received financial backing as part of the U.S.