Renewable non-ferrous metals have a bright future

September 11 news: "China's non-ferrous metals industry in the first 50 years to see the original, 50 years to see regeneration." This sentence vividly summarizes the prospects for the future development of renewable non-ferrous metals. With the country's emphasis on environmental protection and energy conservation and the introduction of a series of related policies, China's renewable non-ferrous metal industry is not only the world of SMEs, and some large companies have also joined in. The development of recycled non-ferrous metals has become the future development direction of non-ferrous metals.
An analyst who did not wish to be identified believes that the raw material for recycling non-ferrous metals is waste non-ferrous metals, so its cost is not necessarily lower than that of primary non-ferrous metals. Large enterprises are joining the country because of the increasingly strict requirements for energy saving and emission reduction. Metal production and construction are limited.
Ye Hao, an analyst at United Securities, believes that the recycling of non-ferrous metals has attracted more and more attention of enterprises because of the country's attention to energy conservation and environmental protection, and the introduction of related policies, and the introduction of tax incentives to reduce the cost of recycling non-ferrous metals. , The profits of production enterprises have increased. In addition, the increase in the price of primary metal ore has made renewable non-ferrous metals more attractive to many companies.
The industry generally believes that the requirements of energy saving and consumption reduction and pollutant emission reduction are important driving forces for the development of renewable non-ferrous metals in China. According to data from the Recycling Metals Branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, China's renewable non-ferrous metal industry was equivalent to 25.683 million tons of standard coal in 2006; it saved 1.49 billion tons of water; it discharged 1.2 billion tons of solid waste, and produced 413,000 tons of carbon dioxide. It can be seen that the regeneration of non-ferrous metals is a non-negligible contribution to China's environmental protection.
It is understood that the recoverability of aluminum in non-ferrous metals is the highest, and the recycling benefit is also the largest, and the recycling rate is above 95%. According to the information provided by the Recycling Metals Branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, China's recycled aluminum products fall into two major categories: cast aluminum alloys and deformed aluminum alloys. From the perspective of the distribution of downstream industries, transportation, building decoration, household appliances, electronic information and other industries are the main application areas of recycled aluminum products. Among the recycled aluminum projects, China Aluminum's Qingdao Aluminum Recycling Project, which is invested by China Aluminum, is one of the key development demonstration projects of the circular economy of the National Development and Reform Commission. China Aluminum Corporation, which is controlled by China Aluminum Corporation, is solely funded and its total investment is 12 Billion, plans to produce 200,000 tons of recycled aluminum alloy products annually, introduced the most advanced scrap aluminum regeneration technology in the world, and the overall equipment has reached the international advanced level. It is expected that the first phase of the project will be completed in October 2007. Chinalco plans to initially establish a recycling system for aluminum scrap within the next five years, and the output of recycled aluminum will reach 10% of the total aluminum output of the company. The secretary of the China Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. stated that the investment in recycled aluminum projects is also based on considerations such as environmental protection and energy conservation.
At the same time, in addition to reclaimed aluminum, the reclaimed metal family is remarkably attractive for reclaimed copper, recycled lead, and recycled zinc. According to statistics, Yunnan Copper (Group) Co., Ltd. and Jiangxi Copper Group have all built 100,000 tons of recycled copper projects in Qingyuan, Guangdong. It is understood that the main products of recycled copper are: electrolytic copper, copper alloy, copper powder and copper chemical products and copper foil. At the same time, the 100,000 tons of recycled lead project of Yuguang Gold and Lead was put into trial production in April this year. The current operation status is good and has reached the expected level. Yuguang Gold Lead internal sources said that the production of renewable projects for environmental protection and energy conservation reasons, at the same time, the cost of recycled lead to a certain extent lower than the original lead is also the other reason. The data shows that the proportion of lead reclaimed in western developed countries accounted for about 60% of the lead production, while the domestic market is currently only 30%. There is still considerable room for development in the area of ​​recycled lead.
In general, the development of renewable non-ferrous metals in China is on the rise. Data from the Recycling Metals Branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association shows that in 2006, the output of four main non-ferrous metals, copper, aluminum, lead and zinc, was 4.53 million tons, an increase of 21% year-on-year. It accounted for 24% of China's total non-ferrous metal production (19.17 million tons), of which 1.68 million tons was for regenerated copper and 2.35 million tons for recycled aluminum, which was an increase of 18% and 21%, respectively, compared with 2005. At the same time, it is expected that in 2007 China's renewable aluminum production capacity of 430,000 tons; renewable copper new production capacity of 455,000 tons; renewable lead new capacity of 210,000 tons; renewable zinc capacity of 134,000 tons.