Richmond Steel Recycling Limited
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Metal recycling |
| Founded 📆 | 1971 in Richmond, B.C., Canada |
| Founder 👔 | Al Roadburg |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | 11760 Mitchell Road, Richmond, B.C., Canada |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Harbinder Dhillon, President |
| Products 📟 | Ferrous and Non-ferrous Secondary Metals |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 121 (FY19) |
| 🌐 Website | www |
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Richmond Steel Recycling Limited is a scrap metal recycler Headquartered in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada.
The company specializes in ferrous and non-ferrous metals and shreds materials from scrap appliances, automobiles and demolition projects, as well as collecting aluminum cans and other non-ferrous metals, which are then sold to steel mills or non-ferrous processors to be turned into new items.[2] [3]
Founded in 1971, Richmond Steel Recycling is a joint venture between two publicly-traded companies: Sims Metal Management and Nucor Corporation and is committed to the principles of environmental sustainability, working to protect the planet by recycling a wide range of scrap materials. The company serves the people of western Canada, Alaska, Washington State and has feeder yards in Kamloops, Prince George, Fort St. John and Edmonton, as well as the main yard on Mitchell Island, between Richmond and Vancouver, home to the province’s only large-scale metal shredder.[4]
History[edit]
Entrepreneur Al Roadburg established the company in 1971, buying a shredder to recycle vehicles, with his choice of location influenced by the fact there was a steel mill close by on Mitchell Island at the time. Over the next 17 years, Richmond Steel Recycling became an established buyer of ferrous scrap, expanding its collection area and investing in mobile crushers, bailers and other support equipment. It changed hands a number of times and in 1988 its parent company ceased trading, which was when it was sold to a Saskatchewan-based steel manufacturer.[5]
At the time, freight costs to send materials to Calgary and Regina were high, so closer markets were explored, with Birmingham Steel in Seattle providing a viable alternative to send metals both by barge and truck.
This was the start of a long-standing relationship, with Birmingham Steel and Sims Metal forming a partnership in the mid-1990s to each acquire a 50% share of the company.Through investment and upgrades, the amount of metal shredded by Richmond Steel Recycling and sent for recycling increased from 15 barges a year to 45 barges.[5]
Nucor Steel later took over Birmingham Steel’s share of the company, with it expanding operations to take non-ferrous metals as well. Between the late 1990s and 2013, Richmond Steel Recycling continued to grow, opening yards in Prince George, Fort St. John and then Kamloops. In 2019, the first yard outside B.C. was opened in Edmonton, Alberta.[5]
Environmental Sustainability[edit]
Richmond Steel Recycling is committed to educating people about the need to recycle and reuse, with its objective making a profit so it can continue its efforts towards environmental sustainability. It is conscious of the fact that when companies extract metal from the earth by different mining processes, as well as depleting the planet’s finite resources, harm is caused to the environment through soil, air and water pollution.
The company believes huge change is needed across the globe, with businesses and individuals encouraged to embrace a circular economy and not view items they use as waste, but high value commodities that can be recycled and reused. Its financial objective is to continue making a profit which will allow Richmond Steel Recycling to promote environmental sustainability in B.C., Canada and across the world.[6]
Safety[edit]
Richmond Steel Recycling’s core values cover the planet, production and its employees, instilling a mindset of “safety above all else”.[6]
All of the company’s operations are guided by Safety, Health, Environment, Community and Sustainability, with the wellbeing of employees foremost in attempts to achieve a zero-harm workplace.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Richmond Steel Recycling". Richmond Steel Recycling. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ↑ "Ferrous". Richmond Steel Recycling. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ↑ "Non-Ferrous". Richmond Steel Recycling. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ↑ "Richmond Steel Recycling: Auto Focus". Recycling Products News. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "History". Richmond Steel Recycling. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Global Experience – Local Service". Richmond Steel Recycling. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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