Recycling sources of scrap copper

Xingtai aidu metal materials sales co., LTD.

One is the new copper scrap, which is the waste produced in the copper industry. A metallurgical plant is called "home scrap" or "runaround". Scrap copper produced by copper processing plants and directly returned to the supply plant is called "industrial scrap copper", "spot scrap copper" ("prompt") or new scrap copper.

Another kind is old scrap copper, it is used after being discarded items, such as from the old buildings and transport systems abandoned or disassembled called old scrap copper. Copper and copper-based materials, whether exposed or wrapped in the final product, can be recycled at all stages of the product life cycle. Generally speaking, the new scrap copper used for recycling accounts for more than half. After reprocessing, about one third of the waste copper is returned to the market in the form of refined copper, and the other two thirds are reused in the form of non-refined copper or copper alloys. The premise of direct application of waste copper is strict classification and stacking and strict sorting. The direct application of waste copper has the advantages of simplified process, simple equipment, high recovery rate, low energy consumption, low cost and light pollution. The amount of waste copper used directly reflects the level of copper regeneration in a country. In contrast, the direct utilization rate of scrap copper in China is relatively low, about 200,000 tons per year, accounting for only 30%~40% of the total scrap copper recovery, and the production of brass processing materials is mostly operated by township enterprises, greatly reducing the economic benefits, and in energy consumption, environmental problems.