According to this study, Global Metal Recycling market size will reach US$ 406390 million by 2031.

Global Metal Recycling Market Trends, Growth 2025-31

According to this study, the global Metal Recycling market size will reach US$ 406390 million by 2031. Scrap metals collected from various sources are raw materials used in metal recycling. Scrap metals are separated and processed several times to yield recycled metals. Metal recycling is the process of collecting, processing, and reusing or remanufacturing metal materials from various sources, such as discarded products, industrial waste, and construction materials. Recycling metals helps conserve natural resources, reduce energy consumption, and minimize environmental impacts associated with mining and metal production. Here are key aspects of metal recycling: **1. Collection:** Metal recycling begins with the collection of scrap metal from various sources. Common sources of scrap metal include old appliances, automobiles, construction materials, industrial equipment, and consumer products. Scrap metal can also be generated during manufacturing processes as excess or defective material. **2. Sorting and Separation:** After collection, the scrap metal is sorted and separated into different categories based on the type of metal. Commonly recycled metals include steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and various alloys. Separation is typically done using magnets, eddy current separators, and other techniques. **3. Processing and Shredding:** Once sorted, the scrap metal is processed and prepared for recycling. This may involve shredding the metal into smaller pieces to facilitate melting and processing in the recycling facility. **4. Melting and Purification:** The shredded metal is then melted in a furnace to remove impurities and contaminants. During the melting process, any coatings or paint on the metal are burned off, leaving behind pure metal. **5. Alloying:** In the case of certain metals like aluminum, alloying elements may be added to achieve specific properties. Recycling facilities can adjust the alloy composition as needed to meet the desired specifications for various applications. **6. Casting and Forming:** The molten metal is cast into ingots, billets, or other forms for further processing. These forms are then used to manufacture new products. **7. Manufacturing:** The recycled metal is used as raw material in various industries to produce new products. Recycled steel, for example, can be used to make new cars, appliances, and construction materials. Recycled aluminum can be used for beverage cans, aircraft parts, and more. **8. Environmental Benefits:** Metal recycling offers several environmental benefits. It reduces the need for mining and the associated environmental impacts, including habitat disruption and water pollution. It also conserves energy since recycling metal typically requires less energy than producing metal from raw materials. Recycling also helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions. **9. Economic Benefits:** Metal recycling is not only environmentally friendly but also economically viable. It creates jobs in the collection, processing, and manufacturing sectors of the recycling industry. Additionally, recycling metals can be more cost-effective than mining and refining new metals. **10. Conservation of Resources:** Recycling metals helps conserve finite natural resources. For example, recycling one ton of steel saves approximately 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds of coal, and 120 pounds of limestone. Overall, metal recycling is a sustainable practice that plays a vital role in reducing waste, conserving resources, and mitigating environmental impacts. It is an essential component of the circular economy, where materials are continuously reused and recycled to minimize waste and promote sustainability. LPI (LP Information) newest research report, the Metal Recycling Industry Forecast looks at past sales and reviews total world Metal Recycling sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Metal Recycling sales for 2025 through 2031. With Metal Recycling sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Metal Recycling industry. This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Metal Recycling landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyses the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Metal Recycling portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms unique position in an accelerating global Metal Recycling market. This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Metal Recycling and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Metal Recycling. This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Metal Recycling market by product type, application, key players and key regions and countries. Segmentation by Type: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Silver (Ag) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gold (Au) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Platinum Group Metals Segmentation by Application: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Automotive &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Building and construction &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ship building &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Equipment manufacturing &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Packaging &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consumer appliances This report also splits the market by region: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Americas &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; United States &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Canada &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mexico &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brazil &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; APAC &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; China &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Japan &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Korea &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Southeast Asia &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; India &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Australia &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Europe &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Germany &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; France &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UK &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Italy &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Russia &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Middle East & Africa &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Egypt &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; South Africa &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Israel &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Turkey &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GCC Countries The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analyzing the companys coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nucor Corporation &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Commercial Metals &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aurubis &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Arcelormittal &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MIS Metal Management &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; European Metal Recycling &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tata Steel &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BaoWusteel Group &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Remondis &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rethmann &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Der Grne Punkt

1 Scope of the Report &nbsp;1.1 Market Introduction &nbsp;1.2 Years Considered &nbsp;1.3 Research Objectives &nbsp;1.4 Market Research Methodology &nbsp;1.5 Research Process and Data Source &nbsp;1.6 Economic Indicators &nbsp;1.7 Currency Considered &nbsp;1.8 Market Estimation Caveats 2 Executive Summary &nbsp;2.1 World Market Overview &nbsp;2.1.1 Global Metal Recycling Market Size (2020-2031) &nbsp;2.1.2 Metal Recycling Market Size CAGR by Region (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031) &nbsp;2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Metal Recycling by Country/Region (2020, 2024 & 2031) &nbsp;2.2 Metal Recycling Segment by Type &nbsp;2.2.1 Silver (Ag) &nbsp;2.2.2 Gold (Au) &nbsp;2.2.3 Platinum Group Metals &nbsp;2.3 Metal Recycling Market Size by Type &nbsp;2.3.1 Metal Recycling Market Size CAGR by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031) &nbsp;2.3.2 Global Metal Recycling Market Size Market Share by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;2.4 Metal Recycling Segment by Application &nbsp;2.4.1 Automotive &nbsp;2.4.2 Building and construction &nbsp;2.4.3 Ship building &nbsp;2.4.4 Equipment manufacturing &nbsp;2.4.5 Packaging &nbsp;2.4.6 Consumer appliances &nbsp;2.5 Metal Recycling Market Size by Application &nbsp;2.5.1 Metal Recycling Market Size CAGR by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031) &nbsp;2.5.2 Global Metal Recycling Market Size Market Share by Application (2020-2025) 3 Metal Recycling Market Size by Player &nbsp;3.1 Metal Recycling Market Size Market Share by Player &nbsp;3.1.1 Global Metal Recycling Revenue by Player (2020-2025) &nbsp;3.1.2 Global Metal Recycling Revenue Market Share by Player (2020-2025) &nbsp;3.2 Global Metal Recycling Key Players Head office and Products Offered &nbsp;3.3 Market Concentration Rate Analysis &nbsp;3.3.1 Competition Landscape Analysis &nbsp;3.3.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025) &nbsp;3.4 New Products and Potential Entrants &nbsp;3.5 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion 4 Metal Recycling by Region &nbsp;4.1 Metal Recycling Market Size by Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.2 Global Metal Recycling Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.3 Americas Metal Recycling Market Size Growth (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.4 APAC Metal Recycling Market Size Growth (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.5 Europe Metal Recycling Market Size Growth (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.6 Middle East & Africa Metal Recycling Market Size Growth (2020-2025) 5 Americas &nbsp;5.1 Americas Metal Recycling Market Size by Country (2020-2025) &nbsp;5.2 Americas Metal Recycling Market Size by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;5.3 Americas Metal Recycling Market Size by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;5.4 United States &nbsp;5.5 Canada &nbsp;5.6 Mexico &nbsp;5.7 Brazil 6 APAC &nbsp;6.1 APAC Metal Recycling Market Size by Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;6.2 APAC Metal Recycling Market Size by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;6.3 APAC Metal Recycling Market Size by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;6.4 China &nbsp;6.5 Japan &nbsp;6.6 South Korea &nbsp;6.7 Southeast Asia &nbsp;6.8 India &nbsp;6.9 Australia 7 Europe &nbsp;7.1 Europe Metal Recycling Market Size by Country (2020-2025) &nbsp;7.2 Europe Metal Recycling Market Size by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;7.3 Europe Metal Recycling Market Size by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;7.4 Germany &nbsp;7.5 France &nbsp;7.6 UK &nbsp;7.7 Italy &nbsp;7.8 Russia 8 Middle East & Africa &nbsp;8.1 Middle East & Africa Metal Recycling by Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;8.2 Middle East & Africa Metal Recycling Market Size by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;8.3 Middle East & Africa Metal Recycling Market Size by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;8.4 Egypt &nbsp;8.5 South Africa &nbsp;8.6 Israel &nbsp;8.7 Turkey &nbsp;8.8 GCC Countries 9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends &nbsp;9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities &nbsp;9.2 Market Challenges & Risks &nbsp;9.3 Industry Trends 10 Global Metal Recycling Market Forecast &nbsp;10.1 Global Metal Recycling Forecast by Region (2026-2031) &nbsp;10.1.1 Global Metal Recycling Forecast by Region (2026-2031) &nbsp;10.1.2 Americas Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.1.3 APAC Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.1.4 Europe Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.1.5 Middle East & Africa Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.2 Americas Metal Recycling Forecast by Country (2026-2031) &nbsp;10.2.1 United States Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.2.2 Canada Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.2.3 Mexico Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.2.4 Brazil Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.3 APAC Metal Recycling Forecast by Region (2026-2031) &nbsp;10.3.1 China Metal Recycling Market Forecast &nbsp;10.3.2 Japan Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.3.3 Korea Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.3.4 Southeast Asia Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.3.5 India Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.3.6 Australia Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.4 Europe Metal Recycling Forecast by Country (2026-2031) &nbsp;10.4.1 Germany Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.4.2 France Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.4.3 UK Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.4.4 Italy Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.4.5 Russia Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.5 Middle East & Africa Metal Recycling Forecast by Region (2026-2031) &nbsp;10.5.1 Egypt Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.5.2 South Africa Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.5.3 Israel Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.5.4 Turkey Market Metal Recycling Forecast &nbsp;10.6 Global Metal Recycling Forecast by Type (2026-2031) &nbsp;10.7 Global Metal Recycling Forecast by Application (2026-2031) &nbsp;10.7.1 GCC Countries Market Metal Recycling Forecast 11 Key Players Analysis &nbsp;11.1 Nucor Corporation &nbsp;11.1.1 Nucor Corporation Company Information &nbsp;11.1.2 Nucor Corporation Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.1.3 Nucor Corporation Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.1.4 Nucor Corporation Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.1.5 Nucor Corporation Latest Developments &nbsp;11.2 Commercial Metals &nbsp;11.2.1 Commercial Metals Company Information &nbsp;11.2.2 Commercial Metals Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.2.3 Commercial Metals Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.2.4 Commercial Metals Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.2.5 Commercial Metals Latest Developments &nbsp;11.3 Aurubis &nbsp;11.3.1 Aurubis Company Information &nbsp;11.3.2 Aurubis Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.3.3 Aurubis Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.3.4 Aurubis Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.3.5 Aurubis Latest Developments &nbsp;11.4 Arcelormittal &nbsp;11.4.1 Arcelormittal Company Information &nbsp;11.4.2 Arcelormittal Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.4.3 Arcelormittal Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.4.4 Arcelormittal Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.4.5 Arcelormittal Latest Developments &nbsp;11.5 MIS Metal Management &nbsp;11.5.1 MIS Metal Management Company Information &nbsp;11.5.2 MIS Metal Management Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.5.3 MIS Metal Management Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.5.4 MIS Metal Management Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.5.5 MIS Metal Management Latest Developments &nbsp;11.6 European Metal Recycling &nbsp;11.6.1 European Metal Recycling Company Information &nbsp;11.6.2 European Metal Recycling Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.6.3 European Metal Recycling Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.6.4 European Metal Recycling Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.6.5 European Metal Recycling Latest Developments &nbsp;11.7 Tata Steel &nbsp;11.7.1 Tata Steel Company Information &nbsp;11.7.2 Tata Steel Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.7.3 Tata Steel Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.7.4 Tata Steel Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.7.5 Tata Steel Latest Developments &nbsp;11.8 BaoWusteel Group &nbsp;11.8.1 BaoWusteel Group Company Information &nbsp;11.8.2 BaoWusteel Group Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.8.3 BaoWusteel Group Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.8.4 BaoWusteel Group Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.8.5 BaoWusteel Group Latest Developments &nbsp;11.9 Remondis &nbsp;11.9.1 Remondis Company Information &nbsp;11.9.2 Remondis Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.9.3 Remondis Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.9.4 Remondis Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.9.5 Remondis Latest Developments &nbsp;11.10 Rethmann &nbsp;11.10.1 Rethmann Company Information &nbsp;11.10.2 Rethmann Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.10.3 Rethmann Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.10.4 Rethmann Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.10.5 Rethmann Latest Developments &nbsp;11.11 Der Gr�ne Punkt &nbsp;11.11.1 Der Gr�ne Punkt Company Information &nbsp;11.11.2 Der Gr�ne Punkt Metal Recycling Product Offered &nbsp;11.11.3 Der Gr�ne Punkt Metal Recycling Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025) &nbsp;11.11.4 Der Gr�ne Punkt Main Business Overview &nbsp;11.11.5 Der Gr�ne Punkt Latest Developments 12 Research Findings and Conclusion

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