CROATIA SCRAP METAL SECTOR TO EXPAND FOLLOWING JULY 1 EU ACCESSION

Zagreb-based CIOS, one of the leading scrap metal businesses in Southeast Europe, and Eurometrec, the European Metal Trade and Recycling Federation, have told Metal Bulletin that the scrap metal industry in Croatia, which is to join the EU on July 1, has the potential to expand significantly over the next few years.Petar Pripuz, president of the CIOS management board, said that the company plans to increase the annual volume of metal and other waste that it processes from the current 850,000 tonnes, of which 400,000 tonnes are processed in Croatia, to a total ...


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