Buyers of copper and aluminium scrap in the European Union
Recycling
Smelters, secondary refineries, remelters, rod mills and plants with their own melting, as well as scrap processors and traders from the Companies register – by metal, scrap grade, distance from the shipping point and country. For each plant: the company, the type of buyer, the grades accepted according to documents, sources with their class and a general description of the shipment procedure.
A picture of the market – not a commercial recommendation. No prices, ratings or rankings; ordered by straight-line distance or alphabetically. Contact through the company website; the register holds no personal data.
- 850
- buyer plants
- 615
- companies
- 30
- countries
- 396
- Cu – buyer plants
- 730
- Al – buyer plants
Data as of: · version 2.31 · verified at source up to · Dataset changes · Markdown · JSON · grade dictionary version 1.0 · Scrap code translator
Find a buyer
Choosing a metal shows all buyers of that metal in the register; a scrap grade narrows the list to plants whose documents name that grade. Shipping point – a click on the map, a NUTS 3 region or your browser location (it stays in the browser – it is not sent to the server).
Buyers
30 buyers
No shipping point – alphabetical order; distance and procedure appear once a shipping point is chosen.
Straight-line distance (great circle) from the shipping point – not road distance.
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Altenmarkt (dawniej GF Casting Solutions Altenmarkt GmbH & Co. KG), Altenmarkt bei Sankt Gallen · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (nemak.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Recyclingcenter Ranshofen, Ranshofen (Braunau am Inn) · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (amag-al4u.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Ranshofen (Braunau am Inn) – hot and cold rolling mill for sheet, strip and plate (including precision plate, strip for foil), Ranshofen (Braunau am Inn) · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
A AMAG Austria Metall AG, Geschäftsbericht 2024 (Finanzbericht with nichtfinanzielle Erklärung per ESRS) · verified 2026-10-10
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Ranshofen (Braunau am Inn) – rolling slab casthouse (feeds its own rolling mill), Ranshofen (Braunau am Inn) · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
A AMAG Austria Metall AG, Geschäftsbericht 2024 (Finanzbericht with nichtfinanzielle Erklärung per ESRS) · verified 2026-10-10
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Austria Druckguss GmbH & Co KG
Gleisdorf – aluminium die-casting foundry, Gleisdorf · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B EEA, Industrial Reporting under the IED and E-PRTR, wersja 16 (2007–2024), plik „F6_1_IED_Installations.csv” (... · verified 2026-10-10
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BORBET Austria GmbH, Ranshofen · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (borbet.de) · verified 2026-10-08
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Constantia Flexibles Group GmbH
Weinburg – foil rolling mill (Constantia Teich), Weinburg · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (cflex.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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DYNACAST Österreich Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Weikersdorf am Steinfelde – die casting foundry (aluminium, magnesium, zinc), Weikersdorf am Steinfelde · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B EEA, Industrial Reporting under the IED and E-PRTR, wersja 16 (2007–2024), plik „F6_1_IED_Installations.csv” (... · verified 2026-10-10
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Hammerer Aluminium Industries Casting GmbH
Ranshofen, Ranshofen (Braunau am Inn) · Austria
Accepted grades: aluminium extrusion scrap, aluminium turnings (single-alloy and mixed), aluminium skimmings, drosses, spills and metallics
B Company website (hai-aluminium.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Hammerer Aluminium Industries Extrusion GmbH
Ranshofen (Braunau am Inn) – profile extrusion plant and machining, Ranshofen (Braunau am Inn) · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Hammerer Aluminium Industries – “Extrusion” page (hai-aluminium.com) · verified 2026-10-10
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Herzogenburg HPDC (dawniej GF Casting Solutions), Herzogenburg · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (nemak.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Hütte Klein-Reichenbach Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Kleinreichenbach (Schweiggers) – remelting of scrap and dross into deoxidising aluminium (pieces, granules) for steelmaking, Kleinreichenbach (Schweiggers) · Austria
Accepted grades: aluminium skimmings, drosses, spills and metallics
B EEA, Industrial Reporting under the IED and E-PRTR, wersja 16 (2007–2024), plik „F6_1_IED_Installations.csv” (... · verified 2026-10-10
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Nenzing – extrusion plant, Nenzing · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “Hydro” – Performance Standard V3.1, certificate no. 23 Rev.... · verified 2026-10-08
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Kaindorf an der Sulm – light metal foundry, Kaindorf an der Sulm · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B EEA, Industrial Reporting under the IED and E-PRTR, wersja 16 (2007–2024), plik „F6_1_IED_Installations.csv” (... · verified 2026-10-10
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Götzis – non-ferrous scrapyard and e-scrap recycling, Götzis · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Loacker website – Götzis location · verified 2026-10-08
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Krems an der Donau – cable and metal processing, Krems an der Donau · Austria
Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap
B Loacker website – L&S Krems location · verified 2026-10-08
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Metall-Service Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Prambachkirchen – aluminium and magnesium scrap recycling, Prambachkirchen · Austria
Accepted grades: brass scrap
B Company website – home page · verified 2026-10-08
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Metran Rohstoff-Aufbereitungs-GmbH
Kematen an der Ybbs – processing of non-ferrous metal fractions (Metran), Kematen an der Ybbs · Austria
Accepted grades: shredded aluminium fraction (including mixed non-ferrous metals)
B Company website (mgg-recycling.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Herzogenburg – aluminium gravity die and low-pressure foundry, Herzogenburg · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B EEA, Industrial Reporting under the IED and E-PRTR, wersja 16 (2007–2024), plik „F6_1_IED_Installations.csv” (... · verified 2026-10-10
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Amstetten – shredder, shears and depollution of vehicles and e-scrap, Amstetten · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B MGG website – MGG Metrec company · verified 2026-10-08
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Klagenfurt am Wörthersee – aluminium foundry for sand and permanent moulds, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B MWS – group website (mws.eu) · verified 2026-10-10
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Nemak Linz GmbH, Linz · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (nemak.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Marktl (Lilienfeld) – extrusion plant (direct extrusion and cold impact extrusion), Marktl (Lilienfeld) · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Neuman Aluminium – “Casting” page (neuman.at) · verified 2026-10-10
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Marktl/Lilienfeld – scrap remelter and foundry (strip cast into discs, cast bars), Marktl / Lilienfeld · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (neuman.at) · verified 2026-10-08
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Ybbs an der Donau – head office, ferrous and non-ferrous scrapyard, Ybbs an der Donau · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – Ybbs/Donau location · verified 2026-10-08
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Schindler Fahrtreppen International GmbH
Ternitz – aluminium die casting foundry (escalator steps), Ternitz · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B WKO, Fachverband Gießereiindustrie – „Mitgliederverzeichnis der Gießereiindustrie Österreichs” (stan 11.08.202... · verified 2026-10-10
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Laxenburg – processing of scrap and non-hazardous waste, Laxenburg · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B EEA, Industrial Reporting under the IED and E-PRTR, wersja 16 (2007–2024), plik „F6_1_IED_Installations.csv” (... · verified 2026-10-10
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Speedline Aluminium-Gießerei GmbH
Schlins – scrap remelter and extrusion billet casthouse (toll work for Alu-met), Schlins · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Alu-met GmbH, Speedline Aluminium Gießerei GmbH, Aluminium GmbH Nachrodt – Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2024 & 2025 · verified 2026-10-10
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Kirchdorf an der Krems – aluminium and magnesium die casting foundry (automotive parts), Kirchdorf an der Krems · Austria
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B WKO, Fachverband Gießereiindustrie – „Mitgliederverzeichnis der Gießereiindustrie Österreichs” (stan 11.08.202... · verified 2026-10-10
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Weiss Schrott- u. Metallhandel GmbH
Hallein – non-ferrous scrapyard and cable processing, Hallein · Austria
Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap
B Loacker website – Weiss (Hallein) location · verified 2026-10-08
The list shows the first 150 of 30 buyers; the full result is in the export.
No buyers with these filters. A larger radius, the area “also GB, CH, NO, TR”, the type “both” or a search without a grade widens the list.
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The export contains the result for the filters in the address; distance only with a shipping point from a NUTS 3 region (a point from the map or from the browser is not sent to the server).
Shipment procedure
- Same country
- shipment within the country – national rules
- Other EU country
- shipment between EU Member States – green-listed scrap: Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157, document in Annex VII
- Export from the EU
- export from the EU – provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 on exports from the Union and the rules of the country of import
The description of the shipment procedure is general and does not constitute legal advice. Legal status as of 20 October 2026: Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste. The classification of the waste and the obligations of the parties are determined case by case.
Buyers in the register
Number of buyer plants by metal and type (a plant of two metals counts in both). The numbers are not market size or shares – they are register plants meeting the buyer rule.
| Metal | smelter | smelter – type of plant | processor | plants in total | companies | with a documented grade | in GB, CH, NO, TR |
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| copper | 30 | 82 | 284 | 396 | 259 | 84 | 53 |
| aluminium | 158 | 270 | 302 | 730 | 515 | 127 | 109 |
Buyers by country
Buyer plants by country and metal; the country name leads to the “metal × country” page.
| Country | Cu – smelter | Cu – smelter – type of plant | Cu – processor | Al – smelter | Al – smelter – type of plant | Al – processor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | · | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 8 |
| Belgium | · | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Croatia | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 |
| Czechia | · | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Denmark | · | · | 6 | · | 1 | 7 |
| Estonia | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Finland | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 11 | 22 | 17 | 41 | 22 |
| Germany | 8 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 48 | 26 |
| Greece | · | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Hungary | · | 1 | · | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Ireland | · | · | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| Italy | 5 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 44 | 22 |
| Latvia | · | · | 2 | 1 | · | 2 |
| Lithuania | · | · | 6 | 1 | · | 6 |
| Luxembourg | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| Netherlands | · | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Norway (outside the EU) | · | · | 8 | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| Poland | 3 | 5 | 32 | 9 | 20 | 32 |
| Portugal | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| Slovakia | · | · | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Slovenia | · | · | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Spain | 4 | 5 | 41 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Sweden | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Switzerland (outside the EU) | · | 1 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Türkiye (outside the EU) | · | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 |
| United Kingdom (outside the EU) | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 18 |
EU scrap market
EU-27 scrap trade with non-EU countries (Eurostat Comext): imports and exports in tonnes, main partners. Scrap mass, not metal content; tonnes of copper and aluminium are not added up.
Copper scrap
Table of years (chart data)
| Year | of which from outside the EU (t) | of which to outside the EU (t) | Import unit value (EUR/t) | Export unit value (EUR/t) |
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| 2015 | 570,304 | 843,290 | 3,559 | 2,831 |
| 2016 | 534,485 | 822,093 | 3,188 | 2,454 |
| 2017 | 517,357 | 873,180 | 3,676 | 2,961 |
| 2018 | 519,608 | 637,072 | 3,768 | 3,327 |
| 2019 | 554,208 | 696,487 | 3,696 | 3,107 |
| 2020 | 552,211 | 605,776 | 3,768 | 3,055 |
| 2021 | 529,241 | 678,606 | 5,119 | 4,543 |
| 2022 | 541,627 | 489,730 | 5,825 | 5,120 |
| 2023 | 451,492 | 531,200 | 5,540 | 4,891 |
| 2024 | 408,105 | 608,438 | 5,966 | 5,371 |
| 2025 | 476,276 | 648,532 | 6,330 | 5,652 |
| 2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 | 319,196 | 492,141 | 7,824 | 7,078 |
Largest scrap suppliers (2025)
- United States 152,221 t
- Switzerland 70,043 t
- United Kingdom 67,738 t
- Norway 19,958 t
- Morocco 11,090 t
Largest scrap destinations (2025)
- China 309,896 t
- India 109,038 t
- Thailand 50,168 t
- Pakistan 26,076 t
- Japan 24,985 t
Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7404 00 10, 7404 00 91, 7404 00 99 .
Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-10-20. Balance = exports − imports. Comext
Aluminium scrap
Table of years (chart data)
| Year | of which from outside the EU (t) | of which to outside the EU (t) | Import unit value (EUR/t) | Export unit value (EUR/t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 465,295 | 679,385 | 1,257 | 1,221 |
| 2016 | 520,286 | 681,610 | 1,106 | 1,070 |
| 2017 | 567,587 | 717,534 | 1,257 | 1,194 |
| 2018 | 611,053 | 704,414 | 1,278 | 1,196 |
| 2019 | 665,746 | 834,518 | 1,124 | 1,028 |
| 2020 | 602,187 | 946,776 | 998 | 946 |
| 2021 | 563,142 | 1,114,384 | 1,406 | 1,368 |
| 2022 | 702,956 | 992,253 | 1,876 | 1,772 |
| 2023 | 607,586 | 1,165,920 | 1,580 | 1,545 |
| 2024 | 657,263 | 1,257,738 | 1,692 | 1,646 |
| 2025 | 652,372 | 1,277,301 | 1,788 | 1,774 |
| 2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 | 462,043 | 853,182 | 2,149 | 2,139 |
Largest scrap suppliers (2025)
- Switzerland 158,719 t
- United Kingdom 113,738 t
- Norway 46,146 t
- Türkiye 34,172 t
- Israel 32,887 t
Largest scrap destinations (2025)
- India 382,981 t
- Thailand 149,624 t
- China 127,142 t
- Hong Kong 106,680 t
- Pakistan 103,840 t
Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7602 00 11, 7602 00 19, 7602 00 90 .
Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-10-20. Balance = exports − imports. Comext
Rules
- Buyer from the Companies register
- A scrap buyer is a register plant in a smelting link (smelter, secondary refinery, ingot caster, rod mill) or a processing link (recycling, shredding, granulation, e-waste recycling), with copper or aluminium, not closed, in the EU-27 or – as an option – in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway and Türkiye.
- Semi-finished product plants and foundries
- Rolling mills, wire drawing plants, extrusion plants and foundries with copper or aluminium are “smelter” buyers: scrap intake is inferred from the type of plant, not from a document – marked and can be excluded with a filter.
- Grade only from a document
- A grade entry for a plant exists only when a primary document (purchase page, grade list, permit with waste codes, register) names the grade, the waste code or the scrap CN code for that plant. A general “we buy scrap” without the metal is not an entry.
- Distance
- Distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance from the shipping point; it is not road distance or transport cost.
- Unit value
- The trade unit value (EUR/t) comes from Comext trade declarations – it approximates the price level and is not a market price. The portal publishes no price agency or LME quotations.
- Procedure
- The description of the shipment procedure is general, with the legal act and the date of the legal status – it is not legal advice.
- Picture of the market
- The list of buyers is a picture of the market – not a commercial recommendation; no rankings, ratings or personal data.
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