The Indian government yesterday announced it will ban scrap plastic imports as part of its efforts to strengthen the implementation of environmentally sound management of hazardous waste in the country. Additionally, the country has exempte...

The international non-governmental organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), in its latest report, warned that plastic waste in oceans is set to double by 2030 to hit 300 million tons. Alarmingly, more than nine million tons of plastic...

The latest report released by the World Gold Council (WGC) indicates that India has the 11th largest gold reserves. The countrys total gold holding stood at 607 tonnes and is set to displace Netherlands to soon feature in the top 10 list of...

Allegheny County Health Department on Tuesday revised an order against Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel that required the company to reduce emissions from its three facilities in Clairton, Braddock, and West Mifflin. The revision follows the app...

The Recycling Partnership, a national nonprofit organization that provides grants and technical support, will award Orange County $193,000 plus an additional $150,000 in staff and resource support. For its part, Orange County Utilities agre...

The import statistics published by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) indicates that the countrys gold bar imports surged higher significantly during the initial eleven months (April 18-February 19) this fiscal. The mont...

All mineral-producing regions in Tanzania have been ordered to establish government-controlled mineral trading centres, in a bid to curb illegal exports of gold from the country. These trading centres will primarily serve small-scale miners...

As the glut of toxic e-waste continues to build, one electronics recycler has stepped up to the plate for businesses, government agencies and individuals in the state of Indiana. Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), a fully integrated...

The daily scrap gold prices - hallmarked and non- hallmarked declined modestly Thursday, 21st March, 2019 on the ScrapMonster Price Index. The prices of scrap silver too fell whereas Platinum staged recovery on Index. In the Hallmarked cate...