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Metals Recycling apprenticeship at risk
BMRA is calling on metal recyclers across England to help save the Metal Recycling General Operative (MRGO) apprenticeship. This apprenticeship is not...
Enginuity and CBM Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement to Strengthen Skills for UK Manufacturing SMEs
Enginuity has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM), marking the beginning of a strategic...
Tsunami Impact of Steel Strategy Hitting Home
It has taken time, but the full force of the government’s steel policy is now being felt. Misguided quota reductions, compounded by the inevitable imposition...
Metal service centre named ‘King’ of the metal carpet at the CBM Awards
Friday April 2th Latest News from the CBM One of the UK’s leading metal services centres was named as the shining star of the metal industry ‘Oscars’ last...
CBM calls on the government to ‘look after the many not the few’ in latest steel quota debacle
An industry body representing more than 75,000 employees has criticised the government for ignoring the needs of the downstream steel supply chain , a...
The Confederation of British Metalforming response following the release of the UK Steel Strategy.
“The Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM), along with many downstream stockholders and manufacturers, has always been supportive of the need to...
BMRA welcomes Environment Agency decision to extend RPS 314 for 12 months
The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) welcomes the Environment Agency’s decision to extend Regulatory Position Statement RPS 314 for an additional...
UK metals recycling’s operational emissions could fall 93% by 2050
However, Government support is key to accelerate UK metals recycling becoming the first in the world to produce net zero recycled metal 4 February 2026,...
BMRA releases Landfill Guidance for Shredder Operators
The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), the voice of the UK metals recycling industry, has released a new document, Landfill Guidance for Shredder...
Services to metals recycling tell policymakers recycled metal export impediments could cost thousands of jobs
Trade Association members say it is a risky move to impede the export of recycled metal from the UK The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), the...