Non-ferrous metals · production · trade · recycling
Signed reports and a fact register, metal flow balances and a register of companies and plants in Europe – centred on Poland and Central Europe, set against world balances. Every fact has an identifier, a source with a reliability class and a permanent address.
From the fact register
A fixed selection, not random: report facts and flow-analysis indicators for different metals and areas. The 90% interval is the 5th and 95th percentile of Monte Carlo draws; the source class follows the method.
By area and metal
Reports and facts
In H1 2026, destinations not permitted for waste from 21 May 2027 took 76.1% of the tonnage of extra-EU aluminium scrap exports, 85.3% of copper scrap and 82.0% of stainless steel scrap, and for aluminium and copper thes...
AIWAW-2026-F02 v0.1 Al Cu
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Material flow analyses
One-year balances in tonnes of contained metal: mining, smelting and refining, semi-fabrication, products, in-use stock and scrap – for the EU-27 and selected countries. All analyses follow the same method, so their results are comparable.
Featured analysis – most recently approved
AIWAW-2026-PZNPL v1.2 · approved · data as of
Data (facts.json) Facts in the register (145) Method
ai-waw.com (2026). Zinc Flows in Poland (AIWAW-2026-PZNPL, version 1.2). https://www.ai-waw.com/przeplyw-metali/przeplyw-cynku-polska
Key figure · Poland
409 kt Al
net imports of unwrought aluminium – Poland has no primary smelter
Source of the figure: Aluminium Flows in Poland
Key figure · Poland
400 kt Cu
copper in concentrate from KGHM mines – 54% of EU-27 mine output
Source of the figure: Copper Flows in Poland
Key figure · EU-27
13,565 t Sn
of refined tin from EU-27 refineries – almost entirely from secondary materials (99%; 90% interval: 11,538–15,645); no large primary tin smelter operates in the EU, EU mine output only 61 t
Source of the figure: EU-27 Tin Flows
Key figure · Poland
144 kt Zn
of zinc and alloys from the Bukowno and Miasteczko Śląskie smelters – Poland has mined no zinc ore since 2021
Source of the figure: Zinc Flows in Poland
Register of companies and plants
Non-ferrous metals companies and plants in Europe – from mines and smelters to rolling mills, foundries and scrap remelters. Each plant has a map position, a link in the value chain and a primary source with a reliability class.
External identifiers on company cards: LEI code (GLEIF) – 569, Wikidata – 221.
Data as of: · version 2.18
Method and AI note
Analysis texts – CC BY-NC 4.0 licence unless the publication states otherwise; datasets – the licence stated with the dataset. The fact register, report summaries and the method may be used without the text and data mining reservation, with attribution. Terms of use · Source classes · No cookies or trackers
Report numbers come from the fact register: each fact has an identifier, unit, period, area and a primary source of class A or B. Flow-analysis numbers come from the reconciled balance; their facts carry a standard deviation, indicators also a 90% interval, and a model estimate is class C.
Theses and conclusions are the author's. AI tools calculate, organise and check, but do not formulate theses or approve publications. Each report carries an AI note on its page; the AI note page describes how flow analyses are produced.
Reports carry a version number, archived versions and a SHA-256 checksum. An approved version is never overwritten – a correction is a new version or an entry in the public errata register. DOIs for flagship reports are in preparation.
How an analysis is made: Data from primary sources → fact register (reports) or reconciled balance (flow analyses) → checks and reviews → the author’s theses and approval → version.
Reports, flow analyses, company cards and static pages have Markdown versions; reports and company cards also JSON. The fact register, including flow-analysis facts, is available through API v1 (OpenAPI) and an MCP server, with a ready citation.
Flow analyses with an approved version offer their facts as facts.json next to the analysis page, the Companies register a JSON dataset, and new reports and flow analyses Atom and JSON Feed channels.
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