Aenor publishes the update of the norm of the recycled of the steel

The Spanish norm on typologies of scrap of steel, JOINS 36199:2013 Classification of scraps of steel no aleado for general use —that updates a version of mediated of the seventies—, finishes to be published by the organism normalizador Spanish, Aenor. The norm adapts the typologies of scrap of the Spanish market to the reality of the country and unifies, in the possible, a big number of qualities referred internationally. Besides, it develops in greater depth key appearances of hygiene for a recycled without risks.

The norm arises of the collaboration of all the agents involved in the chain of value of the recycled of the steel, that have participated actively in his update. From representatives of the generation of scrap, of his recolección and his adecuación and finally of the sector siderúrgico attendant of refundir the scrap and turn it into new products of steel. Besides, it is important to signal the collaboration received of the organism normalizador, Aenor, and of the office of Quality Siderúrgica to pipe the works. This spirit of collaboration has allowed the update of the norm in an inferior record time to a year.

The steel is the big referent of the recycling; a recyclable material with performances of recycling practically of the one hundred by one hundred. In Spain, recycles more steel that the sum of all the other together materials. It is a market that works without interventionisms, with some innegables environingingmental and economic profits and in a respectful cycle with the environingingment and engaged with the hygiene, what results possible thanks to the awareness of all the operators of the chain of the recycled of the steel.

The industry siderúrgica Spaniard supposes 4,6% of the industrial GDP. In 2012 it produced 13,6 million tonnes of gross steel. The apparent consumption of products siderúrgicos in 2012 was of 10,6 million tonnes. The sector is netamente exporting (71% of the production), reaching 4% of the Spanish exports of goods.

Innovation, efficiency, sustainability and labour hygiene are principles that govern the strategy of the sector, that recognises like a fundamental factor of the new green economy. Each tonne produced comports 7 euros in environingingmental investments. The industry siderúrgica realizar an efficient use of the resources until taking advantage of almost 80% of the waste and by-products that generates in the process.

Unesid is the business association of the Spanish siderurgy, that agglutinates 46 companies, that employ to 60.000 people —in addition to the 20.000 that take part in the recolección of scrap— and invoice in his group 13.000 million euros.