Metlen: first launch of a smelting furnace at the Protos ERF unit in Britain
A new smelting unit coming online adds industrial metal-processing capacity and shifts future output flows.
Source →The trace
How it reaches your house.
Starting from European Metal Recycling (EMR), we walked the supply graph hop by hop to the goods you buy and the companies you own. Each step is the engine’s reasoning, scored for confidence and cited where a source backs it.
First impact
European Metal Recycling (EMR) →supply upProtos ERF has started operations and explicitly recovers recyclable metals from ash streams, which should add some secondary ferrous supply into the market and ease EMR's ferrous scrap input.
52% confidenceAurubis Beerse (formerly Metallo Group) →supply upProtos ERF has begun operations and the source says it recovers recyclable metals from ash streams, so this new processing capacity could modestly increase recycled tin availability, though Aurubis Beerse's refined-tin dependency is only 3% and the link is not tin-specific.
23% confidenceHop 2
Ferrous scrap steel →supply upA new smelting furnace adds ferrous-scrap processing capacity, so more of this input can be converted into steel and iron products.
71% confidenceRefined Tin →Prices easeRefined tin is a critical input for canned foods, so added smelting capacity should ease input tightness and lower costs for this downstream good.
69% confidenceRefined Tin →Prices easeChina has the largest refined-tin supply share in the graph, so extra capacity in the market most strongly increases price pressure on Chinese-origin supply.
Hop 3
Steel and iron products →Prices riseThe new Protos ERF furnace should lift throughput of steel and iron products and therefore demand for ferrous scrap steel feedstock.
83% confidence
Where it lands
What you buy, and what you own.
Goods you buy
Steel and iron products · Canned and shelf-stable foods
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