Formed in 2001 from the merger of Smorgon Metal Recycling and Metalcorp Limited, the business traded as Metalcorp Recyclers. It is now known as Smorgon Steel Recycling. Smorgon Steel Recycling is a wholly owned division of the Smorgon Steel Group.
In the 2002 financial year the Recycling Division handled in excess of 900,000 tonnes of ferrous scrap, and had sales of A$360 million. The Recycling Division employs over 550 people throughout Australia. The Company has assembled a dynamic and aggressive management team with years of experience in the recycling industry.
Smorgon Steel Recycling operates from 39 locations spread throughout Australia, New Zealand, China and India supplying processed quality ferrous and non ferrous recycled metal to Australian steel mills, the foundry industry, domestic copper, brass, lead and aluminium industries and is a significant exporter of ferrous and non ferrous recycled raw materials to the Asian countries. It is Australia's largest and fastest growing metal recycling company.
Smorgon Steel Recycling sources, collects, transports, processes and markets scrap metal collected from industrial clients in the cities and coal, iron ore, copper and gold mines in far flung reaches of the continent. Smorgon Steel Recycling also services sugar mills, chemical plants, power stations, waste transfer stations, railway workshops and demolition sites spread the length and breadth of Australia. A significant number of family owned scrap metal recyclers completes the supply network.
A large fleet of purpose built bulk transporter and self load bin trucks, and mobile baling and car compacting equipment ensures large volumes are maintained to feed the Company's four huge shredders, four static shears, fifteen mobile shears, and a range of balers and ancillary equipment.
Our typical shredder installations represent world's best practice with computer controlled power saving drive control and unique Eddy Current Separation systems to maximize the metallic yield. A clean environment is maintained by passing all the air from the Cyclone separation systems through self-cleaning air filter baghouses. Sites are completely hard surfaced with concrete with all drainage water being collected, passed through filtration systems and reused in the process.
A fleet of specially designed long reach hydraulic excavators equipped with efficient material handling attachments are employed throughout the Group to increase productivity.
Smorgon Steel Recycling has two aluminium smelters producing high quality sows from by-products of two of Australia's major primary aluminium smelters.
Quality assurance throughout the Group is achieved by Smorgon Steel Recycling adherence to ISO 9002.
Under the control of a Group Safety Manager, safety is maintained by continually upgrading Safe Operating Procedures and benchmarking within Smorgon Steel Recycling and with similar industries.
Environmental best practice is achieved and managed by Divisional management through systems based on the international ISO 1400 standard controlled by a Group Environment Manager.
Smorgon Steel Recycling is committed to supply quality products to Australian and world markets.
