Earnings season is in full swing and the latest results from Microsoft, Apple and Amazon show that the global technology hardware cycle remains extremely active heading into late 2025. 

These past few weekends, I found myself scrolling through Amazon’s refurbished‑laptop listings—a habit I use to gauge what’s moving through the secondary market.

The industry has proven more resilient, and at times quicker to adapt, than even those of us close to it expected.

When copper was added to the US Geological Survey’s proposed list of critical minerals in August, the move signaled a strategic policy shift extending beyond mining and toward formally confirming its geopolitical significance. 

As the latest generation of laptops reaches the desks of students and professionals, a closer look beneath the surface reveals a tension between sustainability aspirations and end‑of‑life reality.

The plenary session of E-Scrap Conference will address "How Mergers and Acquisitions are Reshaping the ITAD Sector," a timely discussion as the industry is driven by a fast-expanding universe of active capital.

The arrangement combines traditional lending with partial ownership and represents a notable evolution in how the federal government supports domestic production of strategic materials.

Germany's Aurubis is deepening its push into recycling and copper production with major moves on both sides of the Atlantic, illustrating a broader trend of stakeholders locking in access to recycled feedstock, as regulatory and customer requirements intensify.

California regulators have released a preliminary list of more than 4,000 companies, revealing for the first time who will need to comply with sweeping new climate disclosure laws, starting in just three months' time.

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) reported Q4 2025 revenue of $2.8 million, a 183% increase over the prior quarter, while full year revenue, ended June 30, 2025, surged 1,149% to $4.3 million compared with fiscal 2024.