CAMU: China's steel scrap usage at 230 mln t in 2021

China's steelmakers are estimated to have consumed 230 million tonnes of steel scrap this year, with total steel scrap resources reaching 270 million tonnes, Feng Helin, the vice chairman of Association of Metalscrap Utilization (CAMU) disclosed at a steel scrap conference on December 28, according to a media report released on China Metallurgical News' website on December 31.

According to Feng, over January-November, steel scrap consumption in all steelmaking processes totaled 204.07 million tonnes, up 5.82 million tonnes or 2.9% on year. Over the same period, the consumption of composite steel scrap reached 215.94 kg per tonne of crude steel produced, higher by 9.4 kg per tonne or