All metals eventually finish up as scrap, as do most minerals. Basically there's no difference anyway between for instance "new" gold and "scrap" gold: your brand new shining wedding ring contains some "scrap" gold that once adorned the slender neck of a young Egyptian princess, and some that was taken from Atahualpa by Pizarro. What once was a freshly dug mineral is now a scrap diamond, and pretty soon it will be a "new" diamond again. On this page American Scrap Treasures offers you a daily updating range of news items and news flashes from the constantly changing world of mineral and metal. Keep up to date with scientific developments in metallurgy, read how recycling methods are constantly refined, watch what metal and mineral commodities "do" on the world market, witness how scrap turns into money and money returns to scrap. For me, at least, it's bloody fascinating!