[5] Harold left the company to create Harsch Investment Properties, and his charitable contributions led to the family name being adorned to numerous buildings and institutions in Oregon.

[6] Olympic champion Mark Spitz's father Arnold worked for the company in Oakland, California.

[10] In January 2003, the company acquired Pick-n-Pull, a chain of automobile scrape yards where consumers can obtain autoparts from scrapped vehicles.

[15][16] In December 2007, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged former chairman and CEO Robert Philip for violating bribery laws as part of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in relation to dealings with Chinese steel mills.

[25][26] The company changed its name to Radius Recycling in 2023, including a new stock ticker symbol on the NASDAQ of RDUS.