Copper alloys have been in use for several centuries, making them one of the oldest metal families.
Segmented by stages
Copper waste can be categorized by different stages of production: primary waste copper produced during industrial production, secondary waste copper generated during processing, and old waste copper resulting from consumer usage.
One Copper Scrap Transaction
Non-compliant anodes, cathodes, and billets are typically returned to the previous process step, to be re-refined in the converter or anode furnace through electrolysis. Generally, they do not enter the scrap copper market.
New Copper Waste
New scrap copper refers to new offcuts or waste copper generated internally in factories. It differs from primary scrap copper in that it may be contaminated during the alloying or coating process.
Old Copper Scrap
Old copper scrap refers to discarded, used, or externally generated copper from manufacturing enterprises. Old copper scrap is a significant potential resource for copper recycling, but it is also relatively difficult to process.
Challenges in dealing with old scrap copper include:
Low copper content.
2. Unpredictability, with supply changing daily.
3. Diversified across various locations.
