The Worl d Copper Factbook 2019 International Copper Study Group 55 Key Drivers of th e Global Copper Scrap Market Expanding Copper Min e Pr oduction and Refi ned Copper Substit u tion Industriali zati on and Econo m ic Gro w t h Prices o Copper Scrap Prices and Sp re ad s o Refine d Copper Prices and the Demand for Scrap Chinese scrap marke t dev e lopmen ts The Shift in Regional Sc rap Processing Ca p a c i t y Regula t ions on Recy cling an d Trad e Tech nology ICSG Global Copper Scrap Project Reports European Se mi Manufactured Copper Products Capacity 2019 Copper Use in Fabri c ation in Japa n Kor e a Taiwan China and Vietnam 201 8 Industrial Us e of Ref i ned Copper and Sc rap in Fabri c ation in China 2017 Manufacture and Use of Se mi fabricated copper in Latin AmericaCanada 2017 Fabrication and Copper Us e in India n S u bconti nen t AS E A N and Oceania 201 5 Survey of Brass Mills Copper Products and Fou ndries in China 2014 Midd le East an d North Africa Copper Us e Study 2014 Copper and Copper Alloy Sc rap Sup p ly Survey in EU 27 2013 ICSG Global Copper Scrap Research Project and recent scrap reports Based on in te re st ex p r e s se d by me mb er cou n tries ICSG launche d the cop p er scrap mark e t project in 2 007 in order to provide gr eater transpa r ency on an increasingly vital com p one n t of the wor l d cop p er ma rket at a ti me when globalization is reshaping the cop p er scrap and copper alloy recycli n g business The final report of the project was publishe d in A ugus t 2 010 In addition ICSG has comple ted a numb e r of new de tailed re p o r t s on NA FTA European Mi ddle Eastern and Chinese scrap recovery and scrap supply in recent years For more information about ICS G wor k related to copper sc r a p please con t act the ICS G Secre t ariat at mailicsgorg