Business: Sims Metal Management Limited operates in the secondary metal recycling industry. The company engages in ferrous secondary recycling, non-ferrous secondary recycling, and recycling solutions businesses. Its ferrous secondary recycling activities comprise the collection, processing, and trading of iron and steel secondary raw material; non-ferrous secondary recycling activities consist of the collection, processing, and trading of other metal alloys and residues, principally aluminum, lead, copper, zinc, and nickel bearing materials; and recycling solutions comprise the provision of environmentally responsible solutions to the disposal of post consumer products, including IT assets recycled for commercial customers. The company also involves in secondary processing activities, including melting, refining, and ingoting certain non-ferrous metals; and the reclamation and reprocessing of plastics, as well as in landfill gas renewable energy operations. It operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Holland, Germany, and Asia.