Responsible sourcing

The metal does not leave the cycle.

It changes hands, under evidence of where it came from.

  1. 01Industrial site
  2. 02Recovered and sorted
  3. 03Weighed
  4. 04Documented
  5. 05Processor
  6. 06Back to feedstock
Grading

Mixed in. Sorted out.

  • Bright
  • No.1
  • No.2
  • Light
Sourcing

A set of refusals.

We buy from industrial sites, workshops, demolition contractors and consolidators whose material we can trace back to a process. Where a parcel cannot be traced, we do not buy it.

The stripped interior of a steel mill hall during dismantling, bare columns and a riveted truss roof over a swept floor
Ship-to-shore cranes working a container vessel at night
Applied

Parcel by parcel.

  • Origin. Evidence required for every parcel.
  • Counterparty. No purchase without verified registration.
  • Receiving facility. Confirmed as permitted before a movement is scheduled.
  • Hazardous streams. Lead handled only under declared documentation.
  • Private sellers. None. Business to business only.
  • Records. Held and retrievable, so a parcel can be traced afterwards.
Discuss a transaction Compliance framework