Sims Metal Management - Little Rock

World's leading metals and electronics recycler

Sims Metal Management is the world’s leading metals and electronics recycler.  We are global leaders in the secure and sustainable management of resources for industry, organisations and the public-at-large.  Today, Sims Metal Management has over 200 locations on five continents, and more than 5,500 employees. In addition to its industry-leading metal recycling business, Sims Metal Management also operates the world’s leading electrical and electronics recovery and recycling business, Sims Recycling Solutions, as well as Sims Municipal Recycling, which handles curbside materials. 

Nearly 100 years of recycling experience

Sims Metal Management is an Australian domiciled corporation, with a primary share listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and ADRs trading in the United States on the OTC Market. Sims Metal Management Limited is committed to sustainability, health, community and the environment. - 

• Sims Metal Management is the world’s leading publicly listed metal recycler, with operations encompassing the buying, processing and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous recycled metals. The metals recycling operations are geographically diverse, with operations in five continents, including the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, comprising a network of processing facilities, many with deep-water port access, supported by an extensive network of feeder yards from which to source recyclable ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
• Sims Recycling Solutions is the world’s leading publicly listed electronics recycler. Sims Recycling Solutions is a global e-recycling business, with established operations in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and North America and a developing presence in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. Sims Recycling Solutions offers a comprehensive and cost-effective recycling service for “end of life” and redundant electrical and electronic equipment and materials, ranging from product assessment to recycling.
• Sims Municipal Recycling receives household recyclables from municipalities such as New York City and Chicago. Moving forward, Sims Metal Management Municipal Recycling will make use of its resources and build on its experience to bring efficient and effective curbside recycling services to other municipalities across the US.
  
  

Metal collection services for a myriad of commodities

Ferrous and non-ferrous metals come in a myriad of commodities and grades and our experienced consultants are the authority on the intricacies of scrap metal recycling. They build long-term relationships by thoroughly understanding your scrap removal and collection needs and recommending and implementing customized solutions designed to improve efficiency and increase the value of your scrap.

Wire Chopping Services

Wire chopping, or mechanical wire recovery, is a form of wire recycling that chops and granulates wire in order to separate out different metal commodities from non-metallic, foreign materials such as plastic.

Wire scrap sources are:

• Demolition projects
• Dismantling sites
• Public utilities
• Wire and cable manufacturers
  Sims Metal Management's wire chopping capabilities include: grinding copper and aluminum wire into small pellets, inspecting for foreign matter and separating plastic wire casings.

Trailer and Obsolete Equipment Recycling

Retire your assets before they become a liability.
Get the best value for all of your obsolete equipment – trailers, cabs, dollies and more. Sims Metal Management is the leading scrap metal company in North America and the world. We offer top prices and guarantee timely payment for all of your retired assets. National fleet retirement contracts can be benchmarked to a monthly price index. We own and operate 15 shredding operations across the U.S. and we guarantee timely and complete destruction of your equipment in a safe and secure environment, ensuring that your equipment does not end up in another company’s fleet. Clients are welcome to witness our turn-key recycling process at any time. Upon request, we will also provide clients with ‘Certificates of Destruction.’

Operating facilities across the globe

With a network of nationwide – and even international – operating facilities strategically located in major scrap producing and metal melting markets, we are uniquely positioned to offer a competitive advantage in distribution efficiency, both in terms of cost and reliability.All of our facilities can ship directly by truck and rail, and many can ship by water in barges or ocean going vessels, enabling us to have greater market access, keep freight costs lower and provide volume shipments on a timely basis. It all adds up to one of the most comprehensive, efficient and environmentally safe scrap transportation systems in the industry.

• Reverse logistics operations
• Dedicated collection routes
• Container and box drop-off services and appropriate palletizing solutions
• Nighttime pickups to eliminate congestion at your plant
• The right size equipment tailored to meet your needs
• 24-hour service, seven days a week
• The largest full-service truck fleet in the scrap recycling industry, including a variety of Hiab trucks (onboard lifting equipment), flatbed trucks and articulated trailers (bulkers)
• Reliable just-in-time delivery and inventory management programs
  
  

Our Specialty Skills

• 24 Hour Emergency Service
• 400 Metric Ton Marine Travelift
• Sandblasting
• Spray Painting
• Machining
• Fabrication
• Welding
• Pipe Fitting
• Mechanical Repairs
• Electrical Repair
• Mobile Crews
• Rigging
  
  

Sims Metal Management

Sims Metal Management buys ferrous metal from metal dealers, peddlers, auto wreckers, demolition firms and others who generate obsolete metal, and from manufacturers who generate industrial metal. Sims Metal Management processes ferrous metal for resale through a variety of methods, including sorting, shredding, cutting, torching, baling or breaking. After processing, ferrous recycled metal is sold to end users, such as electric arc furnace mills, integrated steel mills, foundries and brokers.We source non-ferrous metals from manufacturers, known as production offcuts, and from generators of electricity, telecommunication service providers, as well as others, who generate obsolete metal. Peddlers and metal dealers, who collect from a variety of sources, also deliver material directly to our facilities. In addition, significant quantities of non-ferrous metal are sourced as a by-product, which is referred to as NFSR, from our ferrous shredding operations.Our facilities are able to handle a myriad of types of ferrous and nonferrous metals and we have the years of experience in the industry to handle any job for your business. We service accounts nationally and internationally, and buy material from scrap metal dealers throughout the world.Sims Metal Management provides customized recycling services to meet the individual needs of commercial and industrial scrap metal producers. Our goal is to ensure that each client receives the same high level of customer service and efficiency. Sims Metal Management’s services are customized to maximize each scrap provider’s net scrap revenues. Sims Metal Management can handle scrap shipments via truck, rail or deep-water vessel and with modern technology and equipment, as well as experienced and highly qualified personnel. Sims Metal Management is able to provide superior pricing, service, and convenience in metal recycling. Our services include:

Facility History

Before being purchased by Sims Metal Management in October 2011, Providence Export--formerly Promet Marine Services Corporation--began in 1974, providing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, voyage-repair services to a variety of vessels trafficking in ports of the Northeastern United States, from Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Portland, Maine.The mobile crews were able to service vessels while they discharged or loaded cargo in port. Additionally, vessels would tie up at Promet's deep-water shipyard in Providence, Rhode Island, for pier-side work.During the 1980s, the market changed to tug and barge traffic, requiring less voyage maintenance. By then, Promet had developed a crew of skilled personnel, which enabled Promet to become a qualified US Navy bidder. Through 1993, the USN, stationed in Newport, RI, and in New London CT, provided the bulk of Promet's work, along with an occasional USCG vessel, fishing boat and continued voyage repair.

Anticipating this change, Promet installed a 400 metric ton Travelift in 2003 to serve a broad range of fishing boats, tugs and commuter boats from Cape May, New Jersey, to Maine. We are able to dry dock these vessels at our ship yard in Providence, RI. Combined with a growing conversion and repair business for large commercial vessels such as barges, cable layers and bulk freighters, Promet found a niche to supplement its original work of repairs to commercial vessels heading into New England ports.