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.
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- buyer plants
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- companies
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- 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
99 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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Ennepetal – anodising, PVD coating and painting of aluminium strip, Ennepetal · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – coating technologies (alanod.com: coil coating line at the Ennepetal plant; 4 anodising line... · verified 2026-10-19
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Friedland – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard, Friedland · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B ALBA website – locations · verified 2026-10-08
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Hoppegarten – steel and non-ferrous scrapyard, Hoppegarten · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B ALBA website – locations · verified 2026-10-08
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Rostock – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard, Rostock · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B ALBA website – locations · verified 2026-10-08
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Wilhelmshaven – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard, Wilhelmshaven · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B ALBA website – locations · verified 2026-10-08
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Albert Handtmann Metallgusswerk GmbH & Co. KG
Albert Handtmann Metallgusswerk GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (leichtmetallguss.handtmann.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Nachrodt – ingot foundry, Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “Alu-met GmbH” – Performance Standard V3.1, certificate no. 1... · verified 2026-10-08
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Aluminium Norf GmbH (Alunorf), Neuss · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (alunorf.de) · verified 2026-10-08
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Aluminium Rheinfelden Alloys GmbH
Rheinfelden (Baden), Rheinfelden (Baden) · Germany idled
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (rheinfelden-alloys.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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Aluminium-Werke Wutöschingen AG & Co. KG
Wutöschingen – foundry, extrusion plant, machining and finishing, Wutöschingen · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B AWW Aluminium-Werke Wutöschingen – company page · verified 2026-10-09
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Stockach, Stockach · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium skimmings, drosses, spills and metallics
B Company website (as-oxid.net) · verified 2026-10-08
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Werk Bernburg, Bernburg (Saale) · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium skimmings, drosses, spills and metallics
B Company website (befesa.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Werk Hannover, Hannover · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (befesa.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Werk Lünen, Lünen · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium skimmings, drosses, spills and metallics
B Company website (befesa.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Leichtmetallgiesserei, Landshut · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
C Company website (bmwgroup.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Hallenberg-Hesborn plant, Hallenberg · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (borbet.de) · verified 2026-10-08
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Medebach plant, Medebach · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (borbet.de) · verified 2026-10-08
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Hallenberg-Hesborn – aluminium wheels and headquarters, Hallenberg-Hesborn · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “BORBET Leichtmetallräder (BORBET Alloy wheels)” – Performanc... · verified 2026-10-08
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BORBET Sachsen GmbH, Kodersdorf · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (borbet.de) · verified 2026-10-08
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BORBET Thüringen GmbH, Bad Langensalza · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (borbet.de) · verified 2026-10-08
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foundry (Rolled Products / Extrusion), Singen (Hohentwiel) · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (constellium.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Burg – profile extrusion plant, Burg · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – locations (e-max.eu: E-MAX Profiles Burg GmbH, profile production) · verified 2026-10-19
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Landau in der Pfalz – profile extrusion plant, Landau in der Pfalz · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – locations (e-max.eu: E-MAX Profiles Landau GmbH, profile production) · verified 2026-10-19
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EGA Leichtmetall GmbH (Leichtmetall Aluminium Giesserei Hannover), Hannover · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (leichtmetall.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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extrusion plant with two melt shops, Velbert, Velbert · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
C Company website (wkw-group.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Hemer, Hemer · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “Erbslöh Aluminium GmbH” – Performance Standard V3.1, certifi... · verified 2026-10-08
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Gaggenau – preparation of metal scrap and turnings, aluminium shredding, Gaggenau · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium turnings (single-alloy and mixed)
B Company website – technical equipment · verified 2026-10-08
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Lüdenscheid – semi-finished products, Lüdenscheid · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “Gerhardi Alutechnik GmbH” – Performance Standard V3.1 Transi... · verified 2026-10-08
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Homburg – aluminium scrap preparation, Homburg · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – home page and locations · verified 2026-10-08
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Krefeld – aluminium scrap preparation, Krefeld · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – home page and locations · verified 2026-10-08
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GUTMANN AG, Weißenburg in Bayern · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (gutmann.de) · verified 2026-10-08
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Soest – extrusion plant, Soest · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “Hammerer Aluminium Industries” – Performance Standard V3.1,... · verified 2026-10-08
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Handtmann Leichtmetallgießerei Annaberg GmbH
Handtmann Leichtmetallgießerei Annaberg GmbH, Annaberg-Buchholz · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (leichtmetallguss.handtmann.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Handtmann Leichtmetallgießerei Annaberg GmbH
Werk Königswalde, Königswalde · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (leichtmetallguss.handtmann.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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HMT Höfer Metall Technik GmbH & Co. KG
Hettstedt – semi-finished products plant, Hettstedt · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “HMT Höfer Metall Technik GmbH & Co. KG” – Performance Standa... · verified 2026-10-08
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Hydro Aluminium Gießerei Rackwitz GmbH
Hydro Aluminium Gießerei Rackwitz GmbH, Rackwitz · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (hydro.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Hydro Aluminium High Purity GmbH
Grevenbroich – refining of aluminium to ultra-high purity (capacitor foil, HPA, semiconductors), Grevenbroich · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Hydro – Hydro Aluminium High Purity GmbH, Grevenbroich (company page) · verified 2026-10-09
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Hydro Aluminium Recycling Deutschland GmbH
sortownia St. Peter, Dormagen · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium extrusion scrap
B Company website (hydro.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Offenburg – extrusion plant, Offenburg · Germany
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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Uphusen – extrusion plant, Uphusen · Germany
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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Ense – profile extrusion plant, bending, joining, machining, Ense · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Knauf Interfer Aluminium GmbH – lokalizacje (Ense, Werl) · verified 2026-10-09
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Werl – profile extrusion plant and machining, Werl · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Knauf Interfer Aluminium GmbH – lokalizacje (Ense, Werl) · verified 2026-10-09
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Herne – cold preparation and sorting of aluminium scrap, Herne · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – home page · verified 2026-10-08
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Bergisches Land plant (Wuppertal), Wuppertal · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (ksmcastings.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Hildesheim plant, Hildesheim · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (ksmcastings.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Wernigerode plant, Wernigerode · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (ksmcastings.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Donauwörth – non-ferrous scrap yard, cables and e-scrap, Donauwörth · Germany
Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap
B Loacker website – Donauwörth location · verified 2026-10-08
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Lindau – non-ferrous scrap yard, Lindau (Bodensee) · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Loacker website – Lindau location · verified 2026-10-08
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Wonfurt – processing of cables and metals, Wonfurt · Germany
Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap
B Loacker website – Wonfurt location · verified 2026-10-08
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Loacker Rheinhafen Recycling GmbH
Karlsruhe – non-ferrous scrap yard, Karlsruhe · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Loacker website – Karlsruhe location · verified 2026-10-08
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Homburg – non-ferrous and e-scrap yard, Homburg · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Loacker website – Homburg location · verified 2026-10-08
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Meschede plant, Meschede · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (martinrea.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Soest plant, Soest · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (martinrea.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Mercedes-Benz Werk Untertürkheim
foundry, Stuttgart-Untertürkheim · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
C Company website (group.mercedes-benz.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Nemak Dillingen GmbH, Dillingen/Saar · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (nemak.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Nemak Wernigerode GmbH, Wernigerode · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (nemak.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Flensburg – scrap yard and metal processing, Flensburg · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – metals · verified 2026-10-08
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Göttingen plant, Göttingen · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (novelis.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Koblenz plant, Koblenz · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (novelis.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Ohle plant, Plettenberg-Ohle · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (novelis.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Recyclingzentrum Nachterstedt (NARC), Nachterstedt · Germany
Accepted grades: used aluminium beverage cans (UBC)
B Company website (novelis.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Voerde plant (casthouse), Voerde (Niederrhein) · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (novelis.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Werk Neuss, Neuss · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (novelis.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Nachterstedt Recycling, Nachterstedt · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “Novelis Inc.” – Performance Standard V3.1, certificate no. 1... · verified 2026-10-08
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Werk Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium turnings (single-alloy and mixed)
B Company website (oetinger.net) · verified 2026-10-08
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Werk Weißenhorn, Weißenhorn · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium turnings (single-alloy and mixed)
B Company website (oetinger.net) · verified 2026-10-08
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foundry (Gießerei) Meinerzhagen, Meinerzhagen · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (otto-fuchs.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Herne – processing of stainless steel and non-ferrous scrap, Herne · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – stainless steel scrap · verified 2026-10-08
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REMONDIS Electrorecycling GmbH
Lünen – dismantling centre for waste electrical and electronic equipment, Lünen · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
A Pozwolenie Bezirksregierung Arnsberg z 20.04.2021 – istotna zmiana instalacji · verified 2026-10-08
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Rheinfelden – semi-finished products, Rheinfelden · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “UC Rusal” – Performance Standard V3.1, certificate no. 34 Re... · verified 2026-10-08
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RVR Rohstoffverwertung Regensburg GmbH
Regensburg – non-ferrous scrap yard and cable processing, Regensburg · Germany
Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap
B Loacker website – Regensburg location · verified 2026-10-08
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Schlenk Metallfolien GmbH & Co. KG
Roth, Roth · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B schlenk.com · verified 2026-10-06
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Schrott- und Metallhandel M. Kaatsch GmbH
Plochingen – scrap and non-ferrous metals yard, Plochingen · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – locations and scope of acceptance · verified 2026-10-08
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Slim Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
Merseburg plant, Merseburg · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (slimalu.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Grevenbroich plant, Grevenbroich · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium skimmings, drosses, spills and metallics
B Company website (speira.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Hamburg rolling mill and foundry, Hamburg · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (speira.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Rheinwerk Neuss, Neuss · Germany
Accepted grades: used aluminium beverage cans (UBC)
B Company website (speira.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Speira Recycling Services Deizisau
Speira Recycling Services Deizisau (Neckarwerk, dawniej Real Alloy Germany), Deizisau · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium skimmings, drosses, spills and metallics
B Company website (speira.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Speira Recycling Services Grevenbroich (dawniej Real Alloy Germany), Grevenbroich · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (speira.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Speira Recycling Services Töging
Speira Recycling Services Töging (Innwerk, dawniej Real Alloy Germany), Töging am Inn · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium skimmings, drosses, spills and metallics
B Company website (speira.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Espenhain – processing of shredder residues with metal recovery, Espenhain · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
C Recycling International – Scholz investment in an ASR plant in Espenhain · verified 2026-10-08
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ST Extruded Products Germany GmbH
Bitterfeld – extrusion plant, Bitterfeld · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “STEP-G” – Performance Standard V3.1, certificate no. 398 Rev... · verified 2026-10-08
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ST Extruded Products Germany GmbH
Bonn – extrusion plant, Bonn · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “STEP-G” – Performance Standard V3.1, certificate no. 398 Rev... · verified 2026-10-08
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ST Extruded Products Germany GmbH
Vogt – extrusion plant, Vogt · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “STEP-G” – Performance Standard V3.1, certificate no. 398 Rev... · verified 2026-10-08
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Stockach, Stockach · Germany
Accepted grades: aluminium extrusion scrap, mixed wrought alloy scrap (sheet, clippings)
C Company website (stockachalu.jimdofree.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Theo Steil GmbH Schrott- und Metallgroßhandel
Trier – scrap yard and non-ferrous metals processing, Trier · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website – metals trading · verified 2026-10-08
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Kempten – ingot foundry, Kempten · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, member profile “Thöni Deutschland GmbH” – Performance Standard V3, certifica... · verified 2026-10-08
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Essen site (foundry and recycling), Essen · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (trimet.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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Hamm site (scrap sorting and preparation), Hamm · Germany under construction
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (trimet.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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Recyclingwerk Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (trimet.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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Standort Harzgerode, Harzgerode · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (trimet.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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TRIMET Automotive Harzgerode GmbH
TRIMET Automotive Harzgerode GmbH, Harzgerode · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (trimet.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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TRIMET Essen, Essen · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (trimet.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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TRIMET Hamburg, Hamburg · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (trimet.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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TRIMET Voerde, Voerde · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (trimet.eu) · verified 2026-10-08
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die casting foundry, Baunatal · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
C Company website (volkswagen-group.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Werdohl, Werdohl · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Company website (nemak.com) · verified 2026-10-08
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Ulm – remelting of copper scrap into casting alloy ingots, Ulm · Germany
Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents
B Wieland website – Wieland Recycling GmbH · verified 2026-10-08
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Bensheim – granulacja kabli, Bensheim · Germany
Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap
B Company website – home page · verified 2026-10-08
The list shows the first 150 of 99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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