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EUROPEAN STEEL SCRAP SPECIFICATION
General Conditions applicable to all grades
As is practically achievable in customary preparation and handling of the grade involved
The definitions of this list of specifications apply only to non-alloy carbon steel scrap as raw
material for the steel industry.
A)
SAFETY
All grades shall exclude :
1)
pressurised, closed or insufficiently open containers of all origins which could cause
explosions. Containers shall be considered as insufficiently open where the opening is
not visible or is less than 10 cm in any one direction;
2)
dangerous material, inflammable or explosive, fire arms (whole or in part), munitions,
dirt or pollutants which may contain or emit substances dangerous to health or to the
environment or to the steel production process;
3)
hazardous radioactive material:
- material presenting radioactivity in excess of the ambient level of radioactivity
- radioactive material in sealed containers even if no significant exterior radioactivity
is detectable due to shielding or due to the position of the sealed source in the scrap
delivery.
B)
STERILES (cleanness)
All grades shall be free of all but negligible amounts of other non ferrous metals and non
metallic materials, earth, insulation, excessive iron oxide in any form, except for nominal
amounts of surface rust arising from outside storage of prepared scrap under normal
atmospheric conditions.
All grades shall be free of all but negligible amounts of combustible non metallic materials,
including, but not limited to rubber, plastic, fabric, wood, oil, lubricants and other chemical or
organic substances.
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All scrap shall be free of larger pieces (brick-size) which are non-conductors of electricity
such as tires, pipes filled with cement, wood or concrete.
All grades shall be free of waste or of by-products arising from steel melting, heating, surface
conditioning (including scarfing) grinding, sawing, welding and torch cutting operati