China is a large consumer of copper, but reserves are limited, in order to solve the problem of shortage of domestic copper resources, copper recycling to meet China’s copper consumption demand has made an important contribution, after decades of development, China’s recycled copper industry has formed a “recycling – dismantling – processing and utilization of” a complete industrial chain, and has been formed in Guangdong, Hainan, Qingyuan, Zhejiang Taizhou, Ningbo, Yongkang, Tianjin Jinghai, represented by the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta and the Bohai Rim three recycled copper industry cluster. Hainan, Qingyuan, Zhejiang Taizhou, Ningbo, Yongkang, Tianjin Jinghai, represented by the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta and the Bohai Rim three regeneration of copper industry agglomeration, industrial technology and equipment and clean production levels continue to progress, the metal smelting and recovery rate continues to improve since 2001 to 2010, China’s regeneration of copper accounted for the proportion of the total output of refined copper overall show a steady growth trend.
