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Urban Mining - Recycling for the Planet, Part 1

Agata TuzimekJuly 5, 2011

Kitchenware, appliances, production waste ... the scrap metal is piled high at the ELG company in Duisburg. But what looks like rubbish is more prized than ever as a commodity: stainless steel.

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Demand is currently higher than the combined production of all the mines in the world. Scrapyards are becoming tomorrow's commodities sources. MADE IN GERMANY visits the "above-ground mine".

Report by Claudia Laszczak.