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If you were to fill a one-litre bottle with water, it would weigh about one kilogram. The same bottle filled with osmium would weigh over 22.5 kilograms. A small sphere the size of a golf ball would weigh close to one kilogram. Osmium, denoted by the symbol Os, is in fact the densest naturally occurring element on Earth.

There are metals that everyone is familiar with. Gold is associated with wealth, silver with jewellery, copper with wiring, and platinum with luxury and car catalytic converters. Ruthenium, on the other hand, remains almost unknown. It does not feature in adverts or in everyday conversation. Even people from

For several months now, I have noticed that an increasing number of companies in the recycling sector are beginning to take an interest in the so-called ‘green list’ of waste. Until recently, for most of the market, the green list was simply a simplified procedure enabling the free trade of scrap metal and other waste within

Experiences of scrap metal theft that are worth sharing The metals market – particularly aluminium and its derivatives – is a demanding one today. Not only in terms of capital and operations, but also in terms of security. I am writing this not to scare anyone, but

A step towards regulating the market or yet another barrier to business? The EU market for secondary raw materials has for years been caught between the need to protect the environment and the realities of trade and recycling. On the one hand, we have ambitious climate targets and the rhetoric of the circular economy

In the e-waste market, the biggest financial losses aren’t caused by technology, but by mixing. Someone collects electronic equipment, throws it all into a single bag, calls it „e-scrap” and hopes the buyer will „sort it out somehow”. They will sort it out. Only usually to their own advantage. Microscraping was created precisely