A mountain of scrap metal in Salt Lake City that had been growing in recent weeks is finally set to shrink, thanks to the temporary truce in the trade dispute between the US and China. The 300,000 ...

A restriction of US copper scrap exports could wind up reducing global smelting capacity and copper demand. The Cu price appreciation being witnessed by US investors that I discussed in my ...

As the U.S. federal government raises the “critical” profile of copper, its gaze seems cast toward mining and primary production, John Gross says. Despite restricting certain types of scrap imports, ...

The removal of customs duty on copper scrap in the Union Budget 2025-26 marks a significant step toward facilitating a seamless inflow of scraps, bolstering domestic recyclers and the wider copper ...

Union Budget: The Indian government is considering the removal of the 2.5% concessional basic customs duty on copper scrap to benefit domestic industries. This potential change comes as imports of ...

Table 01: Global Scrap Metal Recycling Market Value, by Metal Type, (US$ Bn), 2024-2034 Table 02: Global Scrap Metal Recycling Market Volume, by Metal Type, (Thousand Tons), 2024-2034 Table 03: Global ...

BANGALORE, India , June 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Copper Scrap Market is Segmented by Type (Copper, Copper Alloys), by Application (Transportation, Construction, Electrical and Electronics ...

Russian copper producer RCC and Chinese firms have avoided taxes and skirted the impact of Western sanctions by trading in new copper wire rod disguised as scrap, three sources familiar with the ...

Copper scrap, by contrast, is a mix of wires, tubes and pipes that have already been used. They are chopped into grain-sized pieces, or coiled and pressed like packs of noodles, for transport.

Once the Russian metal arrives, Chinese companies are shredding these copper rods down to disguise them as scrap. This is because of the difference in tariffs between these two products. Copper is ...