Market Survey on Copper - Indian Bureau of Mines

International Copper Association Ltd, 34% of global copper demand is met
through recycling. A study conducted by Indian Copper Development Centre
(ICDC), Kolkata for International Copper Study Group (ICSG), arrived at a
figure of 35% to 49% of the scrap usage in India during the years 2000-01 to
2004-05. The study conducted in the field and based on the capacities of the
reprocessors, about 13% of the secondary copper is being produced. Therefore
a conservative figure of 20% of primary production is considered. Taking into
consideration, the findings of ICDC and field study an average of 20% of
secondary copper from scrap usage has been arrived at by adding 20% to the
total copper production in Indian context. On this basis, the total apparent
copper production in India has been arrived by adding 20% to the total copper
cathode production. The same is given in Table: 3.11 and also shown in
Figure –3.6.
Table: 3.11- Apparent Production of Copper in India 2000-01 to 2009-10
(In tonnes)
Year Production of Copper
Cathodes
Apparent Production
(adding 20% of
secondary production)
2000-01 259,683 311,620
2001-02 335,769 402,923
2002-03 378,850 454,620
2003-04 395,967 475,160
2004-05 413,354 496,025
2005-06 529,248 635,098
2006-07 512,363 614,836
2007-08 501,485 601,782
2008-09 513,640 616,368
2009-10 532,865 639,438
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