🇯🇵 Japan — Melting Scrap Directory
A country with an extensive metals industry. The list below contains 20 companies in Japan active in melting scrap, grouped by metal speciality.
Major hubs: Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kawasaki
Japan in the Global Melting Scrap Trade
Japan has an extensive industrial base across steel, copper, aluminium, zinc, and stainless steel. The country generates flows of melting scrap from its manufacturing operations and is also a domestic consumer.
The sector covers integrated non-ferrous smelting and refining, an extensive steel production base, aluminium rolling, and specialty alloy manufacturing. Operations are spread across the main industrial corridors of Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Kawasaki. Japanese material is widely recognised in international trade for being well-graded, well-documented, and free of contamination.
Companies by Metal
The same company may appear under multiple metals where it handles more than one category.
⚙️ Steel (7)
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🟠 Copper (7)
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⚪ Aluminium (4)
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🔵 Zinc (3)
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✨ Stainless Steel (4)
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🟡 Brass (3)
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📈 Metal Prices & Exchanges
Melting scrap itself does not trade on any exchange. Its price is calculated by traders against the underlying metal prices on the major exchanges, with adjustments for grade and condition. The links below lead to the official pages of the exchanges and price-reporting services most often referenced by the trade.
Steel scrap follows the Turkish HMS export benchmark and the CME rebar contract. Copper scrap follows the LME copper price minus a grade-based discount. Aluminium scrap follows the LME aluminium price.
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