Noranda expands e-recycling business into Asia

Recycling Today, August, 2005

Noranda Inc., headquartered in Toronto, has announced plans to expand its electronics recycling activities with the opening of a new subsidiary called Noranda Recycling Inc. (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.

According to a press release from Noranda, the Penang facility will provide enhanced local service to existing Noranda customers and strengthen the company's global service offerings to original equipment manufacturers in the electronics industry.

The Malaysia office will source copper and precious metal-bearing scrap from electronics manufacturers in Asia. These materials will be shipped to Noranda's recycling facilities in San Jose, Calif., and East Providence, R.I. for sampling, and then will be sent to Noranda's Horne, Quebec, smelter.

"We have invested in the technical and environmental infrastructure required to recover metals in an environmentally responsible manner," Claude Ferron, president of Noranda's Canadian Copper and Recycling business unit, says.