This statistic shows the value of selected metals recycled from scrap in the United States in 2016. The value of aluminum recycled from scrap came to approximately 6.35 billion U.S. dollars that year.
Value of selected metals recycled from scrap in the U.S. from in 2016, by metal (in million U.S. dollars)*
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.
Zinc: Monetary value based on annual average Platts Metals Week metal price for North American special high-grade zinc.
The values have been rounded.
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US Geological Survey. (October 30, 2018). Value of selected metals recycled from scrap in the U.S. from in 2016, by metal (in million U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/251349/value-of-selected-metals-recycled-from-scrap-in-the-us-by-metal/
US Geological Survey. "Value of selected metals recycled from scrap in the U.S. from in 2016, by metal (in million U.S. dollars)*." Chart. October 30, 2018. Statista. Accessed February 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251349/value-of-selected-metals-recycled-from-scrap-in-the-us-by-metal/
US Geological Survey. (2018). Value of selected metals recycled from scrap in the U.S. from in 2016, by metal (in million U.S. dollars)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251349/value-of-selected-metals-recycled-from-scrap-in-the-us-by-metal/
US Geological Survey. "Value of Selected Metals Recycled from Scrap in The U.S. from in 2016, by Metal (in Million U.S. Dollars)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251349/value-of-selected-metals-recycled-from-scrap-in-the-us-by-metal/
US Geological Survey, Value of selected metals recycled from scrap in the U.S. from in 2016, by metal (in million U.S. dollars)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251349/value-of-selected-metals-recycled-from-scrap-in-the-us-by-metal/ (last visited February 22, 2020)
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