China  is  aiming  to  produce 4.4  million  mt recycled copper and and 9 million mt of 

recycled aluminum by 2020, in line with the central government's goal of using  more 

recycled resources to be eco-friendly, the Henan Provincial Nonferrous Metals Guild 

said in a report in its website Tuesday. 

Henan Provincial Nonferrous Metals  Guild, a  metals industry association, with  over 

100 member producers, advises the government on nonferrous metal industry policy, 

laws and does metal research. 

The  2020  output  target  is 44%  and 57% higher than realized recycled copper and 

recycled  aluminum  output  of 3.05  million  mt and 5.75 million mt in 2015. The 2016 

data is not yet available. 

The  guild  said  China  set  output  goals  of  2.5  million mt for recycled lead and 2.1 

million mt for recycled zinc by 2020, which is 67% and 53% more than realized output 

of 1.5 million mt and 1.37 million mt back in 2015. 

Figures  from  the guild showed that China set recycled nonferrous metals production 

goal of 18 million mt by 2020, up 54% from realized output of 11.67 million mt in 2015. 

The higher recycled nonferrous metals output is to keep in line with the the Ministry of 

Industry  and  Information  Technology, Ministry  of Commerce and Ministry of Science 

and  Technology's  guidance  notes  for  speeding up growth in the mainland Chinese 

recycled resources sector, the guild said. 

China's is forecast to utilize recycled resources of 350 million mt by 2020, according to 

MIIT. 

The growing Chinese recycled metal sector has greatly eased the supply and demand 

imbalance in  primary  metal  resources, helping the country set up a circular economy, 

cutting emissions and saving energy, according to MIIT.