Global production of refined secondary copper 2005-2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 5, 2025

Refined secondary copper production amounted to an estimated 4.5 million metric tons worldwide in 2023, which was an eight percent increase compared to 2022. That was over double the global volume of secondary copper that was produced in 2005.

Production volume of refined secondary copper worldwide from 2005 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons)

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January 2025

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Worldwide

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2005 to 2023

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*Preliminary figures.
This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.

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