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recycling scrap metal in Maricopa County

Benefits of Recycling for Maricopa County Businesses 

Maricopa County is seeing a huge surge of manufacturing companies   The pandemic brought a change in business structure and employment throughout the area however, according to the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), manufacturing jobs increased from 134,800 to 135,400 […]

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Phoenix Arizona Sees Rapid Manufacturing Growth

The greater Phoenix region is experiencing an ever-growing expansion of manufacturing companies.  Continuing to increase, Phoenix currently has more than 2,800 companies and 138,000 industry employees operating within the area.  These numbers are looking to increase to 4% by 2025.  […]

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High Value of Scrap Metal in Phoenix

Does your Phoenix Commercial or Industrial Business Produce Scrap Metal?  Scrap metal can be hidden in many places and can save your business money via aluminum, brass, wire scraps, copper, and more.  The two main groupings of metals are ferrous […]

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5 Reasons Phoenix Manufacturers Should be Recycling their Scrap Metal

Phoenix Manufacturers can Greatly Benefit from Recycling Scrap Metal Metals are incredibly easy to recycle and reuse.  When Phoenix manufacturers recycle scrap metals, there are unlimited opportunities for new uses of that metal without the need for mining new metal […]

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Industrial Scrap Metal: Recycling Titanium

Titanium is a non-ferrous metal, which means it does not contain iron.  It is just as strong as steel but less dense.  It has a very high melting point and is extremely durable. Titanium works with other metals such as […]

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5 Products that Contain Cobalt Alloy

It’s important to recycle cobalt alloys whenever possible. The US Dept of Energy declared cobalt a critical metal in 2011. Here are five common products that contain this metal.

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Interesting Facts about Titanium

First discovered in 1791 by British clergyman and mineralogist Rev. William Gregor, titanium has proved to become an incredibly important metal for our everyday lives. Gregor first stumbled upon some black, metallic sand in a creek bed. After thoroughly analyzing […]

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What Industries Produce Tungsten Carbide?

Tungsten is known as one of the toughest materials found in nature.  It is very dense and nearly impossible to melt.  When made into a fine powder, pure tungsten can be combustible and can spontaneously ignite.  Natural tungsten contains 21 […]

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10 Facts About TUNGSTEN CARBIDE 

Even though there isn’t a W in the word, Tungsten’s chemical symbol is a W.  The W comes from the element’s other name, wolfram, which comes from the mineral the element was discovered in, wolframite. Tungsten carbide is a term […]

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Top 5 Reasons Your Business Should Recycle Aluminum Scrap

Aluminum is an alloy which is a compound made by melting two or more elements together.  One element is metal and the rest consists of non-metal elements.  Aluminum can be a combination of iron, magnesium, silicon, copper, or zinc.  Easily […]

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