Traders in Taizhou, Zhejiang report sustained copper price gains and acute
demand for high‑purity scrap; premium scrap consignments are being bought the
moment they arrive. Dealers are dismantling motors, cables and radiator units
and sorting metal streams to meet downstream appetite. Demand expansion from
EVs, AI and other industrial users, combined with constrained growth in primary
copper smelting capacity, is broadening demand for recycled copper and creating
opportunities in China’s scrap recovery market. Chinese recycled-copper products
are also attracting overseas buyers on the back of lower carbon intensity, lower
energy use, stable quality and traceable carbon footprints.
