Copper prices continue to break records, but is the high level stable or not?

On Thursday, October 30th, local media reported citing officials from the Indonesian Ministry of Energy that Indonesia has granted an export quota of 400000 tons of copper concentrate to Amman Mineral Internal, valid for six months.

According to data from Shanghai Nonferrous Metals Network (SMM), China imported a total of 1.17 million tons of scrap aluminum from January to July 2025, an increase of 7.34% compared to 1.09 million tons in the same period of 2024.

According to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs, the import volume of copper waste and scrap in China reached 190100 physical tons in July 2025, an increase of 3.73% month on month and a slight decrease of 2.36% year-on-year. From the cumulative data from January to July, the import volume was 1.3355 million tons, a cumulative year-on-year decrease of 0.77% (customs code 74040000). Against the backdrop of traditional seasonal off-season and continuous inverted import prices, the import volume in July increased instead of decreasing month on month, once again demonstrating unexpected resilience.

As a special "mineral resource", polymetallic solid waste is gradually entering the public eye with the advancement of resource utilization technology. These wastes, which contain various metals such as copper, iron, aluminum, and precious metals, may not only become an environmental burden, but also contain enormous value for recycling. In recent years, the resource utilization of multi metal solid waste has made progress in technological breakthroughs and industrial applications, providing a new path to alleviate resource shortages and reduce environmental pollution. However, obstacles still need to be overcome in terms of efficiency improvement and cost control.

With the deepening of environmental protection concepts and the diversification of pollution control needs, environmental flue gas purification systems are extending from traditional industrial fields to more emerging scenarios. In the process of dealing with new pollution sources such as agricultural waste gas and urban household smoke, its technological application continues to innovate, but at the same time, it also exposes limitations in adapting to new scenarios and handling complex components, becoming a key breakthrough for industry development.

In today's increasingly heated environmental issues, the environmental value of recycling old metals is constantly expanding. In addition to common resource recycling and pollution prevention and control, its role in safeguarding marine ecology, supporting low-carbon living, and other emerging fields is gradually emerging, opening up new paths for environmental protection.

In the current era of deepening environmental protection actions, the recycling of old metals, as an industry activity closely related to the ecological environment, is demonstrating its unique value in the field of environmental protection in a new way. It not only concerns the recycling of resources, but also plays an important role in reducing land burden and promoting environmental technology innovation.

Against the backdrop of global advocacy for green development and resource recycling, the scrap metal recycling industry is gradually becoming a focus in the fields of economy and environmental protection. The recycling of scrap metals not only helps alleviate resource shortages and reduce reliance on primary mineral resources, but also significantly reduces energy consumption and environmental pollution, with significant economic, environmental, and social benefits. Recently, reporters conducted in-depth research on the industry and found that while it is thriving, it also faces many challenges.