Government · 2 Nov 2026Editor’s Pick
India Bought About ₹30,000 Crore of Copper Scrap Last Year, a Quarter of It From the United States. Washington, Brussels and the Gulf Are All Now Moving to Keep That Copper at Home.
India's copper demand hit a record 2,100 thousand tonnes in 2025-26, and its copper scrap imports jumped about 51% to ₹30,353 crore to help feed it. But the three suppliers that send India the most copper scrap, the Gulf, the United States and the European Union, have each taken steps in 2026 to hold that scrap inside their own borders. For copper and brass recyclers, the message is the same from three directions: the imported tonne is getting harder to count on.