Overall decline in consumption of recycled metals within UK to 5.5 million tonnes of ferrous and non-ferrous materials.

(PRWEB) March 6, 2004--Research and Markets announces the addition of the 2004 Metal Recycling Market Report to its offerings.

In this report, the metal recycling market is defined as ferrous scrap or secondary metals containing iron or steel and non-ferrous scrap or secondary metals. Non-ferrous metals covered in this Market Report include aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc and tin, with brief reference to precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

Consumption of recycled metals within the UK is estimated to account for 1.56bn in 2003, or around 5.5 million tonnes of ferrous and non-ferrous materials (excluding precious metals). There has been an overall decline in volume since the late 1990s, driven by trends within the ferrous sector, which has lost share of the total market, but which was still estimated to be responsible for 76.7% of overall volume in 2003. In terms of value, however, the ferrous sector represents only 24.5% of the total value of the metals recycling market. In the non-ferrous sector, aluminium accounts for 68.7% of

non-ferrous volume and 16.1% of total metals volume, and has shown growth over the 1999 to 2003 period under review. Tin represents the smallest volume overall.

This market provides an analysis of the UK market for Metal Recycling. Information provided includes:

- Executive Summary

- Contents

- Market Definition

- Market Size

- Industry Background

- Competitor Analysis

- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

- Buying Behaviour

- Current Issues

- The Global Market

- Forecasts

- Company Profiles

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