BIR's spring convention had several high points - including the first BIR/ISRI joint symposium - though the meeting's market reports had more than their share of lows.The spring convention of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) (Brussels, Belgium) was notable for more than just its setting in Madrid, Spain's beautiful and vibrant capital city.The event, held May 21-23, attracted more than 650 delegates from 44 countries-the largest number of countries represented at any BIR convention. Plus, the convention featured the first joint symposium between BIR and one of its member federations-in this case, ISRI. (For details on this event, see "Around the Steel World in a Day" on pages 72-73.)In addition to this historic symposium, the BIR convention included an array of special workshops-on topics from international contracts to radioactive scrap-as well as global market reports on key scrap commodities.
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