Iraq Council of Ministers bans export of copper, aluminium, lead and iron-alloy scrap
Council of Ministers of Iraq (Office of the Prime Minister)
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Register free →Al-Qahtani Auctions - public auction of cars, equipment & trucks for a major national company (1 Oct 2026)
Al-Qahtani Auctions Company (on behalf of an unnamed major national company)
Riyadh Al Khabra Municipality - scrap & environmental services site, Plot 41B, Plan 111 BC (TOT 150182576)
Qassim Region Municipality - Riyadh Al Khabra Governorate Municipality
Al Shamli Municipality - construct, restore & operate Scrap (yard/warehouse) No. 141, Plan 2411 (TOT 150182373)
Hail Region Municipality - Al Shamli Governorate Municipality
Uyun Al-Jawa Municipality - site for buying & selling scrap, Plots 37 & 40, industrial zone (TOT 150182364)
Qassim Region Municipality - Uyun Al-Jawa Governorate Municipality
UK deposit return scheme: Exchange for Change names five regional collection/processing contractors
Exchange for Change (UK Deposit Management Organisation) · with Suez, CIRQLR, Re.Group/Hargreaves Services, Bywaters, Re-Gen
India keeps pre-shipment inspection rule for metal scrap imports under review (~13 Mt/yr import market)
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), India / Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI)
MSTC e-auction - All-aluminium alloy conductor scrap 5.8 t + MS scrap 5.1 t + misc. iron & GI scrap (TOT 150159258)
MSTC Limited (for a public-sector seller)
FBR RTO Sialkot - Disposal of scrap from destroyed confiscated cigarette machinery + old ACs & misc scrap (EPADS D11022)
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) - Regional Tax Office Sialkot
City of Bloomfield (NM) - One pallet of scrap water meter setters (Public Surplus #4088241)
City of Bloomfield, New Mexico
State of Connecticut DOC - Scrap metal: industrial kitchen equipment, lot of 18 (Public Surplus #4096830)
State of Connecticut, Department of Correction
NADRA - Auction of faulty / BER computers and printers, 354 units (EPADS D10933)
National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)
Tabuk Region Municipality - O&M of waste tyre landfill and recycling site (TOT 150137037)
Tabuk Region Municipality
Abqaiq Municipality - scrap collection site, Plot 47 (9,357 m2), Plan 40/12, Al-Tashalih area (TOT 150087884)
Eastern Province Municipality - Abqaiq Governorate Municipality
Michelin Lanka - Surplus (disused) industrial machinery & equipment sale, Kotugoda (ref 57718)
Michelin Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Road Development Authority (Sri Lanka) - Sale of used tyres & empty tar barrels (ref 57516)
Road Development Authority (RDA), Sri Lanka
MEPCO Tender No. 125/2026-27 - Disposal of Scrap, 5 lots (EPADS D10930)
Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO), Directorate of Procurement Distribution
Metal & Recycling Co. (MRC) Kuwait: Mina Abdallah eco-industrial park and KNPC-awarded spent catalyst recovery facility
Metal & Recycling Company (MRC) · with Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
Badr Al-Janoub Municipality (Najran) - scrap yard land next to maintenance HQ, King Abdulaziz Rd (TOT 150087727)
Najran Region Municipality - Badr Al-Janoub Municipality
Uyun Al-Jawa Municipality (Qassim) - site for buying & selling scrap, Plots 41 & 44 industrial zone (TOT 150088385)
Qassim Region Municipality - Uyun Al-Jawa Governorate Municipality
Al-Haqou Municipality (Jazan) - warehouse for selling scrap / scrap warehouse (TOT 150137049)
Jazan Region Municipality - Al-Haqou Municipality
Hotat Sudair Municipality - construct & operate scrap factory (TOT 150088491)
Riyadh Region Municipality - Hotat Sudair Municipality
Abqaiq Municipality - scrap collection site, Plot 48 (9,393 m2), Al-Tashalih area (TOT 150091132)
Eastern Province Municipality - Abqaiq Governorate Municipality
West Dammam Municipality - scrap collection site, Plot 290, Plan 737/1 (TOT 150137067)
Eastern Province Municipality - West Dammam Municipality
Ghamika Municipality (Jeddah) - establish, manage & operate Scrap Yard No. 2 (TOT 150145063)
Jeddah Governorate Municipality - Ghamika Municipality
Taihe 50,000 t/yr battery recycling project (RMB 430m) accepted for environmental review
Battery resource utilisation project, Taihe Economic Development Zone (disclosed by Taihe ecology & environment bureau)
40,000 t/yr waste lithium battery recycling plant in Putian enters EIA disclosure
Waste lithium battery recycling project, Huangshi Town, Licheng District, Putian
Kyrene Elementary School District - Scrap metal lot: ice makers, dishwashers, file cabinets (Public Surplus #4092689)
Kyrene Elementary School District
Pakistan Cricket Board - Auction of vehicle scrap material at National Bank Stadium Karachi (EPADS D10975)
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Khazeen National Storage Co. - sealed-bid sale of various materials via Al-Qahtani Auctions (13 Oct 2026)
Khazeen National Storage Company (auctioneer: Al-Qahtani Auctions Company)
Pakistan Steel Mills - Yard No.52, Yard No.04 & Scrap Shop-II: converter slag, mixed steel scrap, billet end cuts (EPADS D11010)
Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM)
Morocco also on EU draft scrap-exclusion list; imports of EU scrap nearly doubled to 381,800 t in Jan–Jul 2026
Moroccan steelmakers (e.g. Sonasid, Maghreb Steel, Riva Industries) · with European Commission
EU draft rule would cut Egypt off from EU-origin scrap from May 2027; Egyptian mills import about 50% of ferrous scrap from EU
Egyptian steel mills (Metallurgical Industries Chamber) · with European Commission (Waste Shipment Regulation)
Watanyiah United Engineering - fleet disposal: 14 heavy equipment, 145 light/construction equipment, 39 vehicles, 33 generators (TOT 150041764/68/66/69)
Watanyiah United Engineering and Contracting Co. LLC
Watanyiah United Engineering - sale of used scaffolding, appliances, electrical transformers & other assets (TOT 150041771)
Watanyiah United Engineering and Contracting Co. LLC
KFSH&RC public auction - raw materials, medical devices and scrap (construction waste) (TOT 150066714)
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
KPC/KNPC 1063419 - Sale of Mina Al-Ahmadi (MAB) refinery spent catalyst drums
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KNPC Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery)
Pakistan Customs - Auction of material recovered from Custom House building, Phase II & III, G-9/1 Islamabad (EPADS D10861)
Collectorate of Customs Enforcement, Islamabad
Mesabi Metallics unveils USD 15bn vertically integrated steel project in Iowa (7.5-10 Mt/yr, EAF/DRI), production 2030
Mesabi Metallics
Ministry of Economy & Trade public auction - sale of scrap metal and debris removal at Beirut Port grain silos
Ministry of Economy and Trade (Lebanon) - Directorate of Grains and Sugar Beet
Malaysia Airports - Disposal of fixed assets, Project Management Office, KL International Airport
Malaysia Airports Sdn Bhd (PMO, KL International Airport)
City of Chicago - Scrap metal, various grades, approx. 400,000 lbs (Public Surplus #4095397)
City of Chicago, Department of Procurement Services
Marafeq Qatar auction - disposal of MQ staff accommodation furniture & appliances, as-is/where-is (TOT 149966289)
Marafeq Qatar LLC
Qatar National Cement Co. public auction of used IT items (TOT 149987737)
Qatar National Cement Company (Q.P.S.C.)
Egyptian Maritime Safety Authority to auction ~35 t of iron scrap from its Alexandria warehouses
Egyptian Maritime Safety Authority
Shebin El-Kom Spinning & Weaving - public auction to demolish Delta unit buildings and ruins (TOT 149856696)
Shebin El-Kom Spinning and Weaving Company
MRAI: EU draft rule would cut India off from EU metal scrap from May 2027 - India imported 0.79 Mt EU ferrous plus big non-ferrous shares
Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI)
UN UNMISS EOIUNMISS24742 - Sale of EUROMEC plumbing spare parts, Tomping base
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
Asir Traffic Department - public auction of unclaimed vehicles and scrap motorcycles (Dhahran Al-Janub, Al-Majarda, Bariq, Al-Birk)
Asir Region Traffic Department (General Directorate of Traffic)
NCVC auction A/14 - recycling of recovered firewood, Riyadh region
National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC)
IESCO - Disposal of 16 unserviceable vehicles and vehicle scrap, 132kV Rawal Grid (EPADS D10894)
Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO)
National Authority for Tunnels (Cairo Metro) offers ~375 t of scrap in 6 lots - metro car iron scrap, tyres, used tickets
National Authority for Tunnels (NAT)
EU draft list denies Saudi Arabia and Oman eligibility for EU metal-scrap imports from May 2027 (feedback to 16 Oct 2026)
European Commission (Waste Shipment Regulation) - affects Saudi and Omani EAF mills
WCL FA24/26-27 HEMM - Iron & steel scrap from grounded mining machinery (GeM Auction ID 40518)
Western Coalfields Limited (Coal India subsidiary)
PESCO Unserviceable GSO Material - 132kV Shahi Bagh Grid, 46 items (EPADS D10948)
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) Disposal Directorate
Derby & Derbyshire councils to decommission Sinfin waste treatment centre after GBP 147m spend
Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council
Al-Nasr for Civil Works public auction of surplus road and asphalt equipment (14 Oct 2026)
Al-Nasr for Civil Works
Nama Electricity Distribution - Transformer managed refurbishment, scrapping & ready-pool services (TOT 149653550)
Nama Electricity Distribution Company S.A.O.C
Mid-Coast Council (NSW) - Scrap metal tender: purchase, collection & recycling of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap
Mid-Coast Council
UN Verification Mission in Colombia: sale of used solar PV system (36 kVA kit, 9 inverters, 70 panels)
United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC)
National Book Foundation - Disposal of obsolete zinc plates, 6,000 kg (EPADS D10819)
National Book Foundation (NBF)
MEPCO Tender No.126/2026-27 - Disposal of scrap of off-road vehicles, 4 lots (EPADS D10936)
Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO)
MEPCO Tender No. 127/2026-27 - Scrap of Empty Transformer Bodies (EPADS D10939)
Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO)
Imi N'Oulaoun commune sale of surplus equipment, furniture, scrap, vehicles and a bulldozer (TOT 149382064)
Imi N'Oulaoun Commune (Ministry of the Interior), Morocco
ANP judicial auction of merchant vessel WHITE LABEILLE (1984, 2,995 GT) (TOT 149367269)
National Ports Agency (ANP), Morocco
WCL FA25/26-27 MOEF - Batteries, burnt oil and copper wire scrap (12 lots)
Western Coalfields Limited (Coal India subsidiary)
EGA completes 80% acquisition of Eco Green (Italy) - builds aluminium scrap sourcing in Europe
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) · with Eco Green (Villafranca di Verona and Nogara di Verona, Italy)
UN MINUSCA EOIMINUSCA24709 - Safe disposal of e-waste, Central African Republic
UN Secretariat - MINUSCA
SBP BSC Peshawar - Disposal of unserviceable engineering items: boilers, lift parts, MS tanks (EPADS D10498)
SBP Banking Services Corporation
PESCO - GSO-2 Peshawar scrap, 58 items incl. meters, cables, 15,000 L dirty oil (EPADS D10885)
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) - Disposal Directorate
PESCO - Redundant lines Essa Khel-Tajazai & Tank-Tajazai, 2 items (EPADS D10876)
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) - Disposal Directorate
Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy auction - recycling/disposal of damaged & obsolete items (TOT 149254096)
Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy
Ministry of Interior auction of scrap motorcycles, tricycles and bicycles from municipal pound (TOT 149165815)
Ministry of the Interior, Morocco (local authority / municipal pound)
Whyalla Steelworks blast furnace permanently closed; sale process to end-2026
Whyalla Steelworks (under administration, KordaMentha) · with Potential buyers: Jindal Steel, M Resources, BlueScope
U.S. Steel Košice approves EUR 900m project incl. 1.6 Mt/yr EAF
U.S. Steel Košice (Nippon Steel group)
Qatar Auctions Committee public auction - floating marina, furniture, tools, aluminium windows, spare parts etc. (TOT 149203151)
Qatar Auctions Committee (Ministry of Finance)
General Company for Iron and Steel investment tender: waste-heat recovery from scrap smelting (TOT 149136016)
General Company for Iron and Steel (Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Iraq)
Manar Al Omran USD 320m scaffolding & steel complex incl. ~200 kt/yr aluminium extrusion using recycled scrap
Manar Al Omran (MAO)
SacSewer - Cryogenic oxygen plant, removal in entirety (Public Surplus #4071736)
Sacramento Regional Sanitation District (SacSewer)
UN UNISFA EOIUNISFA24700 - Sale of metal and non-metal scrap, Abyei HQ
UN Secretariat - UNISFA (Interim Security Force for Abyei)
Internal Security Forces sale of portable batteries 2026 (TOT 148868405)
General Directorate of Internal Security Forces, Lebanon
Qatar Ministry of Finance used vehicle sales auction (TOT 148888434)
Ministry of Finance, Qatar
Ericsson take-back programme: ~1,160 t of end-of-life telecom network equipment recycled in KSA in the past two years
Ericsson (Saudi Arabia)
Tunisia steel market: El Fouladh remains the only melt shop (scrap-based EAF, 200 kt/yr); local steel covers only 15-20% of rolling-mill needs
El Fouladh (Tunisia)
Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana Steel launches $5.8bn EAF mill, 2.7 Mt/yr (Ascension Parish)
HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana Steel LLC (Hyundai Steel, POSCO, Hyundai Motor, Kia)
South Asia ship recyclers bidding up: Pakistan ~USD 520-550/LDT, Bangladesh ~500-530, India ~465-495 (Sep 2026)
Ship recycling yards in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India
DEWA disposal of used transformers and equipment at various substations (TOT 148553796)
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA)
China Baowu drafting modernisation roadmap for Sider El Hadjar - DRI + electric furnace route under assessment
Sider El Hadjar (with China Baowu) · with China Baowu
GM Steel plans 350,000 t/yr scrap-based EAF rebar mill near Toowoomba - FID 2027, first steel 2029
GM Steel
Turkey scrap imports 11.33 Mt in Jan-Jul 2026 (+4.4%); July 1.66 Mt - US, NL, UK, Romania lead
Turkish EAF mills (Marmara, Aegean, Iskenderun)
Syria signs 30-year deal with Saudi Ithraa to rehabilitate Hama steel plant (General Company for Iron and Steel Products)
Syria Ministry of Economy and Industry / General Company for Iron and Steel Products · with Ithraa Company (Saudi Arabia)
AF Gruppen-Heerema win North Sea platform removal: 23,000 t topsides + 12,000 t jacket to Vats
Unnamed UK North Sea operator · with AF Gruppen (AF Offshore Decom) & Heerema Marine Contractors
Hoa Phat starts 700,000 t/yr scrap-EAF mill in Long An (Tay Ninh) - ~780,000 t scrap/yr, 80% imported
Hoa Phat Group
Aurubis Richmond, Georgia secondary copper smelter ramping up - 180,000 t/yr scrap input
Aurubis Richmond
Aurubis Hamburg 'Complex Recycling' plant commissioned; Richmond (US) Phase 2 commissioning begins
Aurubis AG
Al Qaryan (Middle East non-ferrous recycler) on recovering lead from spent lead-acid batteries and smelter slag
Al Qaryan International DMCC
Gotion High-Tech LFP battery gigafactory in Kenitra (10 GWh first phase, up to 100 GWh)
Gotion Power Morocco (Gotion High-Tech) · with African Development Bank (EUR 100m loan)
Suez Canal Authority sealed-bid auction - mixed scrap lots, scrap vessels, iron scrap and waste paper (Ismailia & Suez, 17 Nov 2026)
Suez Canal Authority
Endesa As Pontes coal plant dismantling - 45,000 t cooling towers blown; power island removal to 2028
Endesa · with Lezama Demoliciones
Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS) $2bn expansion incl. EAF-3 to 4 Mt rolling capacity
Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS)
Promethean Energy: removal of 2 platforms + 5 well P&A, US Gulf shelf (removal 2027)
Unnamed major IOC · with Promethean Energy
Egypt approves new steelworks at Ain Sokhna and East Port Said (3.8 Mtpa combined); Ezz Steel $1.16bn expansion
Government of Egypt (approvals); Ezz Steel, Beshay Steel, Suez Steel (expansions)
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) dismantlement awarded to NorthStar - USD 418.5m, Mobile AL
US Navy (NAVSEA) · with NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services
JSW Steel begins 2 Mt/yr scrap-based EAF mill in Andhra Pradesh (JSW Rayalseema Steel)
JSW Rayalseema Steel Ltd (JSW Steel)
Dubai Municipality and Enviroserve strategic agreement on e-waste collection and recycling
Dubai Municipality · with Enviroserve (Tadweer / Dubal Holding)
Egypt–Switzerland Circular Electronics Initiative (CHF 1.4m grant) for national e-waste and refrigeration/AC recycling system
Egypt Ministry of Local Development and Environment / Waste Management Regulatory Authority · with Swiss SECO; World Resources Forum Association (implementer)
Jereh NER and EADA (SIRC) to build large-scale lithium-ion battery recycling facilities in Saudi Arabia
Electronic & Electrical and Solid Waste Recycler (EADA), subsidiary of Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) · with Jereh New Energy Regeneration and Recycling Technology Co. (China)
UAE temporary export ban on ferrous, copper and aluminium scrap (Customs Notice 13/2026 / Ministerial Decision 105 of 2026)
UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade / Dubai Customs
EGA Al Taweelah aluminium recycling plant (185 ktpa) ramping to full capacity, output depends on scrap availability
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)
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