In 2022, China's recycled copper production will steadily increase to 3.75 million tons, saving 680 million tons of mineral resources and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 10.5 million tons, playing an important role. In the first half of this year, the output of recycled copper reached 1.9 million tons, an increase of 5.6% year-on-year, which played an important role in resource security and energy conservation and emission reduction of China's copper industry.

The development of recycled copper industry is of great significance to solve the problem of low self-sufficiency rate and high dependence on foreign countries of copper resources in China. It can not only serve as an important supplement to copper raw materials, but also realize the recycling of copper resources, which is an important means of energy conservation and emission reduction. Under the "double carbon" target, recycled copper has become an important way of green circular development and an important path of low-carbon transformation in the copper industry.