ISRI 2003 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS/EXPLORING NEW Horizons

摘要

ISRI's annual convention and exposition-held in Orlando, Fla., in April-certainly lived up 10 its theme of "Exploring New Horizons." For starters, the estimated 2,100 attendees could choose from 17 workshops and general sessions that explored topics from trading with China to price transparency to single-stream recycling. Plus, they could investigate eight spotlights that provided up-to-date market trends for commodities from aluminum to zinc. Attendees also explored new business opportunities through the convention's networking and social offerings. And last but not least, the exposition gave all a chance to review the latest in scrap-specific equipment, products, technology, and services. Here's a roundup of the scrap industry's biggest event of the year. COVERING THE COMMODITY GAMUT Aluminum Faces Surplus and Subdued Prices. The primary aluminum market faces continued surpluses and "subdued" prices until 2005 "as Chinese exports and capacity increases elsewhere outweigh rising demand," said Cohn Pratt of CRU International Ltd. (London) at the spotlight on aluminum.