🇯🇵 Japan — Melting Scrap Directory
A country with an extensive metals industry. The list below contains 18 companies in Japan active in melting scrap, grouped by metal speciality.
📅 Last Updated: May 2026
Major hubs: Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kawasaki
Japan in the Global Melting Scrap Trade
Japan has an extensive industrial base across steel, copper, aluminium, zinc, and stainless steel. The country generates flows of melting scrap from its manufacturing operations and is also a domestic consumer.
The sector covers integrated non-ferrous smelting and refining, an extensive steel production base, aluminium rolling, and specialty alloy manufacturing. Operations are spread across the main industrial corridors of Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Kawasaki. Japanese material is widely recognised in international trade for being well-graded, well-documented, and free of contamination.
Companies by Metal
The same company may appear under multiple metals where it handles more than one category.
⚙️ Steel (7)
Nippon Steel Corporation
Tokyo • Largest Japanese steel producer
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
🔍 ExploreJFE Steel Corporation
Tokyo • Steel producer, TSE-listed
🏷️ Steel
🔍 ExploreKobe Steel (Kobelco)
Kobe • Steel and aluminium, TSE-listed
🏷️ Steel · Aluminium
🔍 ExploreTokyo Steel Manufacturing
Tokyo • Electric arc furnace mill
🏷️ Steel
🔍 ExploreDaido Steel
Nagoya • Specialty steel, TSE-listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
🔍 ExploreSanyo Special Steel
Himeji • Specialty steel
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
🔍 ExploreYodogawa Steel Works
Osaka • Steel sheet
🏷️ Steel
🔍 Explore→ View Steel companies across all countries
🟠 Copper (7)
Sumitomo Metal Mining
Tokyo • Copper, nickel producer, TSE-listed
🏷️ Copper
🔍 ExploreMitsubishi Materials Corporation
Tokyo • Copper, aluminium, alloys, TSE-listed
🏷️ Copper · Aluminium
🔍 ExplorePan Pacific Copper (JX-Sumitomo)
Tokyo • Copper smelter JV
🏷️ Copper
🔍 ExploreDowa Holdings
Tokyo • Non-ferrous, TSE-listed
🏷️ Copper · Zinc
🔍 ExploreFurukawa Electric
Tokyo • Copper products, TSE-listed
🏷️ Copper
🔍 ExploreMitsui Mining & Smelting
Tokyo • Non-ferrous, TSE-listed
🏷️ Copper · Zinc
🔍 ExploreMitsubishi Shindoh
Tokyo • Copper alloy producer
🏷️ Copper
🔍 Explore→ View Copper companies across all countries
⚪ Aluminium (4)
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Tokyo • Copper, aluminium, alloys, TSE-listed
🏷️ Copper · Aluminium
🔍 ExploreKobe Steel (Kobelco)
Kobe • Steel and aluminium, TSE-listed
🏷️ Steel · Aluminium
🔍 ExploreUACJ Corporation
Tokyo • Aluminium rolling, TSE-listed
🏷️ Aluminium
🔍 ExploreNippon Light Metal
Tokyo • Aluminium, TSE-listed
🏷️ Aluminium
🔍 Explore→ View Aluminium companies across all countries
🔵 Zinc (3)
Dowa Holdings
Tokyo • Non-ferrous, TSE-listed
🏷️ Copper · Zinc
🔍 ExploreMitsui Mining & Smelting
Tokyo • Non-ferrous, TSE-listed
🏷️ Copper · Zinc
🔍 ExploreToho Zinc
Tokyo • Zinc and lead, TSE-listed
🏷️ Zinc
🔍 Explore→ View Zinc companies across all countries
✨ Stainless Steel (4)
Nippon Steel Corporation
Tokyo • Largest Japanese steel producer
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
🔍 ExploreHitachi Metals (Proterial)
Tokyo • Specialty alloys, TSE-listed
🏷️ Stainless Steel
🔍 ExploreDaido Steel
Nagoya • Specialty steel, TSE-listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
🔍 ExploreSanyo Special Steel
Himeji • Specialty steel
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
🔍 Explore→ View Stainless Steel companies across all countries
📈 Metal Prices & Exchanges
Melting scrap itself does not trade on any exchange. Its price is calculated by traders against the underlying metal prices on the major exchanges, with adjustments for grade and condition. The links below lead to the official pages of the exchanges and price-reporting services most often referenced by the trade.
🇬🇧 LME — London Metal Exchange
Industrial metals — copper, zinc, lead, aluminium, tin, nickel, steel rebar/scrap.
→ View LME prices🇺🇸 COMEX (CME Group) — Copper Futures
US copper futures with live prices, charts, and contract specifications.
→ View COMEX copper🇨🇳 SHFE — Shanghai Futures Exchange
China's domestic copper, zinc, aluminium, lead and nickel futures.
→ View SHFE prices🇨🇳 SMM — Shanghai Metals Market
Non-ferrous and ferrous metals price portal — copper, zinc, aluminium, steel scrap.
→ View SMM prices🇮🇳 MCX India — Copper, Zinc, Aluminium
India's Multi Commodity Exchange — copper, zinc, aluminium, lead, nickel futures.
→ View MCX prices🇩🇪 Westmetall — LME Tracker
Daily LME price tracker — copper, tin, lead, zinc, aluminium, nickel.
→ View Westmetall🇦🇪 DGCX — Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange
Dubai commodity exchange — copper futures and other metals.
→ View DGCX📊 Trading Economics — Metals Dashboard
Commodity prices across copper, steel, zinc, aluminium with charts.
→ View Trading Economics📰 SteelOrbis — Steel & Steel Scrap Prices
Steel scrap and steel product price reporting and news.
→ Visit SteelOrbis📰 Fastmarkets MB
Metal Bulletin — pricing and news across all metal scrap categories.
→ Visit Fastmarkets📰 S&P Global Platts Metals
S&P Global Platts metals pricing benchmarks.
→ Visit PlattsSteel scrap follows the Turkish HMS export benchmark and the CME rebar contract. Copper scrap follows the LME copper price minus a grade-based discount. Aluminium scrap follows the LME aluminium price.
🏛️ Global Trade Associations
Public industry bodies covering ferrous and non-ferrous melting scrap worldwide. Tap any link to visit their official site.
BIR — Bureau of International Recycling
🌍 Global • Brussels. International recycling industry federation with members across many countries.
🔗 Visit bir.orgMRAI — Material Recycling Association of India
🇮🇳 India • Mumbai. Industry body for ferrous and non-ferrous metal recyclers. Affiliated with BIR and ReMA.
🔗 Visit mrai.org.inReMA — Recycled Materials Association (ISRI)
🇺🇸 USA • Washington DC. Industry body that publishes the ReMA (ISRI) scrap specifications used internationally.
🔗 Visit recycledmaterials.orgBMRA — British Metals Recycling Association
🇬🇧 UK • Cambridgeshire. Trade body for the UK metals recycling industry. Affiliated with BIR.
🔗 Visit recyclemetals.orgBMR — Bureau of Middle East Recycling
🇦🇪 Dubai. Regional association for the GCC and Middle East scrap industry.
🔗 Visit bmr.aeEuRIC — European Recycling Industries Confederation
🇪🇺 Brussels. Umbrella body for Europe's recycling industries.
🔗 Visit euric-aisbl.euCMRA — China Nonferrous Metals Recycling
🇨🇳 Beijing. Operates under CNIA — governs non-ferrous metal scrap import standards.
🔗 Visit cmra.cnMRA Malaysia — Malaysian Recyclers Association
🇲🇾 Klang, Selangor. Industry body for Malaysia's metals recycling sector.
🔗 Visit mrassociation.orgBDSV — German Steel & Metal Recycling
🇩🇪 Düsseldorf. Represents Germany's ferrous and non-ferrous scrap industry.
🔗 Visit bdsv.orgVRA — Vietnam Recycling Association
🇻🇳 Hanoi. Coordinates Vietnam's non-ferrous and ferrous metals recycling sector.
🔗 Visit vra.com.vnLME — London Metal Exchange
🌍 Global. Industrial metals exchange — copper, zinc, lead, aluminium, tin, nickel, steel.
🔗 Visit lme.comICSG — International Copper Study Group
🇵🇹 Lisbon. Intergovernmental copper trade statistics and analysis.
🔗 Visit icsg.orgInternational Aluminium Institute
🇬🇧 London. The global aluminium industry body.
🔗 Visit IAIInternational Lead & Zinc Study Group
🇵🇹 Lisbon. Intergovernmental lead and zinc statistics and analysis.
🔗 Visit ilzsg.org⚠️ Disclaimer
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