Dongzhi International Corporation Assists SMM in Creating the *2026 Global Secondary Copper Industry Distribution Map*

Published: Jun 3, 2026 10:53

The global secondary copper industry is at a critical stage characterized by tightening resources, green transformation, and intensifying global competition. As environmental protection policies continue to tighten and the energy crisis deepens, secondary copper, with its significant environmental and economic advantages, plays an increasingly prominent role in alleviating tight supply of primary copper and promoting low-carbon development. Currently, the global copper industry chain faces multiple pressures including supply vulnerability, demand transformation, and low-carbon upgrading. Major economies have successively included copper in their critical minerals lists, and international competition over secondary copper resources is becoming increasingly fierce. Optimizing the industry chain structure, improving recycling efficiency, and harmonizing global standards have become urgent priorities for the industry.

To help the industry gain a comprehensive understanding of global policy trends and market landscape,SMM andTOUCHI INTERNATIONAL CORP. have joined hands to produce the, focusing on industry development directions and conveying market insights, aiming to provide practitioners with an authoritative and professional industry distribution guide.

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TOUCHI INTERNATIONAL CORP. was founded in 2001. With 25 years of deep engagement in the recycled resources sector, it is a globally renowned non-ferrous metal processing and green supply chain service provider, with operations covering more than ten countries and regions including China, South Korea, Vietnam, the US, Australia, and the UAE. The company is headquartered in Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and has a core production site in Kasumigaura City, Ibaraki Prefecture, with a factory area of 12,000 m², equipped with 8 dry and wet copper wire nodules processing lines. It has its own transportation team, achieving integrated operations of raw material recycling, transportation, and processing. Leveraging a professional multinational team and global coordination capabilities,it specializes in the processing and trading of secondary metal materials including bare bright copper wire nodules, bare bright wire, No. 2 copper, tin bronze, bare bright copper ingots, 6-series aluminum extrusions, tin ingots, and more. With stable quality and multiple quality certifications including ISO9001, CIC, and CQC, the company upholds the principles of green development, shared benefits, and people-oriented management, and is highly influential in Japan's secondary metals industry.

TOUCHI INTERNATIONAL CORP.

Contact: Ryu kokushi
Contact Information (Japan):
Tel: +81-3-5545-4065
Mobile: +81 9024352198
Email: long@to-chi.co.jp / ryu@to-chi.co.jp
URL: https://www.to-chi.co.jp/

Contact: Huiming Yang
Mobile: +86 13701160431 (China)
Email: huiming@to-chi.co.jp
Address (China): 201-03, 2nd Floor, Building 2, No. 52, Chunhe Road, Daxing District, Beijing
Address (Headquarters): 3F, 3-6-4 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan


SMM Joint Production Contact

Liu Mingkang
156 5309 0867
liumingkang@smm.cn

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