# Copper scrap – France

> A picture of the market – not a commercial recommendation.

Buyers of copper scrap in France according to the Companies register, and the copper scrap trade of the country in 2015–2025 (Eurostat Comext).

- Data as of: 2026-10-20, version 2.31
- Page: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/recycling/copper/france
- Search buyers with this country set: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/recycling?country=FR
- Metal flow analysis: [Copper Flows in France](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/copper-flows-france)

## Buyers in the country (36)

| Company | Plant | Type of buyer | Accepted grades | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Aalberts integrated piping systems S.A.S.](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/aalberts-integrated-piping-systems-s-a-s.md) | Saint-Denis-de-l’Hôtel (copper fittings), Saint-Denis-de-l’Hôtel | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Aalberts integrated piping systems, EPD “VSH XPress Cuivre 12–28 mm” 5011466-2025-1.0 FR, pp. 4 and 11; INSEE, Répertoire Sirene, and INPI (comptes annuels) – via the “Recherche d’entreprises” API (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr), as of 6.10.2026 |
| [Boone Comenor Metalimpex](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/boone-comenor-metalimpex.md) | Marquette-lez-Lille – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard, Marquette-lez-Lille | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [A] Géorisques – raport z inspekcji instalacji sklasyfikowanej (2023) |
| [Cornec SAS](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/cornec-sas.md) | Lagny-sur-Marne – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard, Lagny-sur-Marne | processor | cu-mosiadz | [B] Company website – locations |
| [Cornec SAS](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/cornec-sas.md) | Longueil-Sainte-Marie – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard, Longueil-Sainte-Marie | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – locations |
| [Derichebourg Environnement](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/derichebourg-environnement.md) | Bassens – shredder and post-shredder lines, Bassens | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company press release (AMF) – inauguration of the platform in Bassens, 6.06.2019 |
| [Derichebourg Environnement](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/derichebourg-environnement.md) | Bonneuil-sur-Marne – WEEE processing (refrigerators, water heaters), Bonneuil-sur-Marne | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company press release (AMF) – inauguration of the platform in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, 16.09.2025 |
| [Derichebourg Environnement](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/derichebourg-environnement.md) | Escautpont – granulacja kabli miedzianych, Escautpont | processor | cu-kable | [C] AFP / Connaissance des Énergies – inauguracja linii recyklingu kabli, 25.06.2024 |
| [Derichebourg Environnement](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/derichebourg-environnement.md) | Saint-Marcel – granulacja kabli miedzianych, Saint-Marcel | processor | cu-kable | [C] AFP / Connaissance des Énergies – wzmianka o instalacji w Saint-Marcel (od III 2020) |
| [Environnement Recycling](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/environnement-recycling.md) | Domérat – WEEE recycling, Domérat | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – home page |
| [Établissements Gindre Duchavany S.A.](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/etablissements-gindre-duchavany-s-a.md) | Pont-de-Chéruy (copper busbars, flat bars, wire and profiles), Pont-de-Chéruy | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] INSEE, Répertoire Sirene, and INPI (comptes annuels) – via the “Recherche d’entreprises” API (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr), as at 6.10.2026; Gindre, website (https://www.gindre.com/en/) |
| [FAVI](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/favi.md) | Le Laiton Injecté, Hallencourt (copper alloy die casting foundry), Hallencourt | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] INSEE, Répertoire Sirene, and INPI (comptes annuels) – via the “Recherche d’entreprises” API (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr), as of 6.10.2026 |
| [Galloo Dieppe](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/galloo-dieppe.md) | Rouxmesnil-Bouteilles – scrap and WEEE yard, Rouxmesnil-Bouteilles | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – plant page |
| [Galloo](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/galloo.md) | Dunkerque – scrap yard and WEEE, Dunkerque | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – plant page |
| [Galloo](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/galloo.md) | Halluin – shredder with post-shredder installation, Halluin | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – plant page |
| [Galloo Marquette](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/galloo-marquette.md) | Marquette-lez-Lille – shredder, dismantling of small household appliances, Marquette-lez-Lille | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – plant page |
| [Galloo](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/galloo.md) | Valenciennes – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard, Valenciennes | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – plant page |
| [Galloo](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/galloo.md) | Vernouillet – processing of waste electrical and electronic equipment, Vernouillet | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – plant page |
| [HME Brass France SAS](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/hme-brass-france-sas.md) | Rai (Boisthorel) – brass bar mill, Rai | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] HME Metal Europe, „Company” – HME Copper Germany (Menden), HME Ibertubos (Barcelona), HME Brass Germany (Berlin), HME Brass France (Rai), HME Brass Italy (Serravalle Scrivia) |
| [KME France S.A.S. (Tréfimétaux)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/kme-france-s-a-s-trefimetaux.md) | Givet / Fromelennes – foundry (tube mill until 2022), Givet | smelter | grades not established in the register documents | [B] KME Group S.p.A., Annual Financial Report 2023 (production by plant 2023) |
| [KME France S.A.S. (Tréfimétaux)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/kme-france-s-a-s-trefimetaux.md) | Masevaux-Niederbruck – Niederbruck (copper busbars and bars), Masevaux-Niederbruck | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] KME Group S.p.A., Annual Financial Report 2024 – Consolidated Sustainability Statement: list of plants (p. 36), water stress (p. 70), group production and sales (p. 87), Scope 3 cat. 9 – table by place of dispatch (p. 128), restructuring provisions (p. 348) |
| [Lebronze Alloys SAS](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/lebronze-alloys-sas.md) | Bornel (foundry, formerly Le Bronze Industriel), Bornel | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] INSEE, Répertoire Sirene, and INPI (comptes annuels) – via the “Recherche d’entreprises” API (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr), as of 6.10.2026 |
| [Lebronze Alloys SAS](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/lebronze-alloys-sas.md) | Breteuil, Breteuil | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] INSEE, Répertoire Sirene, and INPI (comptes annuels) – via the “Recherche d’entreprises” API (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr), as of 6.10.2026 |
| [Lebronze Alloys SAS](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/lebronze-alloys-sas.md) | Suippes – alloy foundry and rolling mill, Suippes | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Le Bronze Industriel (Lebronze alloys), “Chiffres clés” (as at 21.05.2016, Internet Archive) – foundry capacity 35,000 t/year |
| [M LEGO S.A.S.](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/m-lego-s-a-s.md) | Boëssé-le-Sec (copper alloys from scrap remelting), Boëssé-le-Sec | smelter | grades not established in the register documents | [B] AUREA S.A., Rapport financier annuel 2023 (AMF, 30.04.2024) – pp. 3–4, 16, 37 and the announcement of 29.04.2024; INSEE, Répertoire Sirene, and INPI (comptes annuels) – via the “Recherche d’entreprises” API (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr), as at 6.10.2026 |
| [Metal Resource](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/metal-resource.md) | Puceul – steel scrap and non-ferrous metals yard, Puceul | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – home page |
| [MTB Recycling](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/mtb-recycling.md) | processing plant in Trept, Trept | processor | al-profile, al-odlewy, al-felgi, al-puszki-ubc, al-kable, al-chlodnice, al-strzepy | [B] Company website (mtb-recycling.fr) |
| [Nexans France SAS](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/nexans-france-sas.md) | Lens – wire rod foundry and wire drawing plant, Lens | smelter | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Nexans, “Usine de Lens” – casting capacity 170,000 t, wire drawing plant 65,000 t |
| [NGK Berylco France S.A.S.](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/ngk-berylco-france-s-a-s.md) | Couëron (CuBe strip, wire and bars), Couëron | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] INSEE, Répertoire Sirene, and INPI (comptes annuels) – via the “Recherche d’entreprises” API (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr), as at 6.10.2026; NGK Berylco, website |
| [Péna Métaux](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/pena-metaux.md) | Mérignac – non-ferrous metals preparation, Mérignac | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – group companies and plant certification |
| [POUDMET S.A.S.](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/poudmet-s-a-s.md) | Bailleval (copper and alloy powders), Bailleval | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] AUREA S.A., Rapport financier annuel 2023 (AMF, 30.04.2024) – pp. 3–4, 16, 37 and the announcement of 29.04.2024; INSEE, Répertoire Sirene, and INPI (comptes annuels) – via the “Recherche d’entreprises” API (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr), as at 6.10.2026 |
| [Sirmet Fers & Métaux](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/sirmet-fers-metaux.md) | Bassens (Bordeaux port) – scrap and copper and aluminium cables, Bassens | processor | cu-kable, al-kable | [B] Company website – plant page |
| [Sirmet Fers & Métaux](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/sirmet-fers-metaux.md) | Colomiers – non-ferrous and special metals, Colomiers | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – plant page |
| [Sirmet Fers & Métaux](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/sirmet-fers-metaux.md) | Lons (Pau) – steel, non-ferrous and cable scrap yard, Lons | processor | cu-mosiadz, cu-kable, al-kable | [B] Company website – plant page |
| [SOVAMEP](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/sovamep.md) | Muret – non-ferrous, precious and special metals, Muret | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company website – home page |
| [TG Griset](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/tg-griset.md) | Villers-Saint-Paul – rolling mill, Villers-Saint-Paul | smelter (scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document) | grades not established in the register documents | [B] TG Griset (Villers-Saint-Paul) – company site |
| [Trentetrois SAS](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/trentetrois-sas.md) | Salaise-sur-Sanne – scrap, batteries, WEEE, vehicle shredding, Salaise-sur-Sanne | processor | grades not established in the register documents | [B] Company brochure – Salaise-sur-Sanne plant |

## Scrap trade

Imports and exports of scrap (total: within the EU and with non-EU countries), balance and unit value from trade declarations.

| Year | Imports (t) | Exports (t) | Balance (t) | Import unit value (EUR/t) | Export unit value (EUR/t) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2015 | 109,847 | 279,317 | 169,471 | 3,898 | 2,745 |
| 2016 | 63,691 | 289,683 | 225,992 | 3,021 | 2,393 |
| 2017 | 66,446 | 293,959 | 227,512 | 3,192 | 3,044 |
| 2018 | 69,044 | 276,347 | 207,303 | 3,090 | 3,145 |
| 2019 | 68,085 | 269,695 | 201,610 | 3,077 | 2,957 |
| 2020 | 60,190 | 265,882 | 205,693 | 3,239 | 2,961 |
| 2021 | 64,196 | 337,296 | 273,100 | 4,286 | 4,158 |
| 2022 | 63,141 | 296,287 | 233,146 | 5,111 | 4,848 |
| 2023 | 58,406 | 263,441 | 205,034 | 4,934 | 4,619 |
| 2024 | 56,199 | 283,268 | 227,069 | 4,958 | 5,079 |
| 2025 | 54,852 | 308,332 | 253,480 | 5,257 | 5,201 |
| 2026 (incomplete year) | 29,283 | 193,533 | 164,250 | 6,298 | 6,794 |

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price.

- Largest scrap suppliers (2025): Belgium 15,981 t, Germany 7,766 t, Italy 6,087 t, Spain 4,753 t, Switzerland 4,369 t
- Largest scrap destinations (2025): Spain 65,768 t, Italy 55,505 t, Belgium 54,173 t, Germany 47,850 t, Netherlands 21,035 t

Straight-line distance (great circle) from the shipping point – not road distance.

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