U.S. value of metals recycled from scrap

This statistic shows the value of selected metals recycled from scrap in the United States in 2019. The value of aluminum recycled from scrap came to approximately 7.6 billion U.S. dollars that year.

Value of selected metals recycled from scrap in the U.S. from in 2019, by metal (in million U.S. dollars)*

Characteristic	Value in million U.S. dollars
Aluminum	76,000
Iron and steel	12,400
Copper	5,330
Lead	2,590

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Release date

June 2021

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United States

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

Metal recovered from new plus old scrap.
Aluminum: Monetary value is estimated based on average U.S. market price for primary aluminum metal ingot. Series revised by removing imported scrap to avoid double counting.
Copper: Monetary value based on annual average refined copper prices. Iron and Steel: Recycled unit value is the U.S. annual average composite price for No. 1 heavy-melting steel calculated from prices published in American Metal Market. Unit value for the year used to calculate values of recycled scrap and apparent supply of scrap.
Nickel: Monetary value based on annual average cash price for cathode, as reported by the London Metal Exchange.
The values have been rounded.

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