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Copper Scrap (Secondary Copper)

Recycled copper from end-of-life cables, motors, and industrial equipment. Secondary copper requires only ~10–15% of the energy of primary mining+smelting. China processes ~35% of global copper scrap.

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1 essential American goods rely on copper scrap (secondary copper) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.