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Global Precious Metal Recycling Market Research Report, Competitive, Technology and Forecast Analysis 2025-2032

Publisher DIResearch
Published Jul 10, 2025
Length 165 Pages
SKU # DIR20224385

Description

Market Overview

According to DIResearch's in-depth investigation and research, the global Precious Metal Recycling market size will reach 90,384 Million USD in 2025 and is projected to reach 138,164 Million USD by 2032, with a CAGR of 6.25% (2025-2032). Notably, the China Precious Metal Recycling market has changed rapidly in the past few years. By 2025, China's market size is expected to be Million USD, representing approximately % of the global market share.

Research Summary

Precious metal recycling is the process of recovering and reusing valuable metals, including gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, from end-of-life or discarded products. This sustainable practice aims to extract precious metals from electronic waste, catalytic converters, jewelry scrap, and other items, reducing the need for new mining and minimizing environmental impact. The recycling process typically involves sorting, shredding, and separating materials to isolate precious metals, followed by refining to obtain high-purity metals suitable for reuse in various industries. Precious metal recycling not only conserves natural resources but also helps mitigate the environmental footprint associated with traditional mining and extraction methods. Additionally, it contributes to the circular economy by closing the loop on valuable materials, promoting resource efficiency, and reducing the overall demand for newly mined precious metals.

The major global suppliers of Precious Metal Recycling include Umicore, PX Group, Materion, Sims Lifecycle Services, Johnson Matthey, Tanaka, Abington Reldan Metals, Dowa Holdings, Sino-Platinum Metals, Heraeus, Asahi Holdings, etc. The global players competition landscape in this report is divided into three tiers. The first tier comprises global leading enterprises that command a substantial market share, hold a dominant industry position, possess strong competitiveness and influence, and generate significant revenue. The second tier includes companies with a notable market presence and reputation; these firms actively follow industry leaders in product, service, or technological innovation and maintain a moderate revenue scale. The third tier consists of smaller companies with limited market share and lower brand recognition, primarily focused on local markets and generating comparatively lower revenue.

This report studies the market size, price trends and future development prospects of Precious Metal Recycling. Focus on analysing the market share, product portfolio, prices, sales, revenue and gross profit margin of global major suppliers, as well as the market status and trends of different product types and applications in the global Precious Metal Recycling market. The report data covers historical data from 2020 to 2024, based year in 2025 and forecast data from 2026 to 2032.

The regions and countries in the report include US, Germany, Japan, China, France, UK, South Korea, Canada, Italy, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, India, Vietnam, Thailand, South Africa and other regions, covering the Precious Metal Recycling market conditions and future development trends of key regions and countries, combined with industry-related policies and the latest technological developments, analyze the development characteristics of Precious Metal Recycling industries in various regions and countries, help companies understand the development characteristics of each region, help companies formulate business strategies, and achieve the ultimate goal of the company's global development strategy.

The data sources of this report mainly include the National Bureau of Statistics, customs databases, industry associations, corporate financial reports, third-party databases, etc. Among them, macroeconomic data mainly comes from the National Bureau of Statistics, International Economic Research Organization; industry statistical data mainly come from industry associations; company data mainly comes from interviews, public information collection, third-party reliable databases, and price data mainly comes from various markets monitoring database.

Global Key Suppliers of Precious Metal Recycling Include:

Umicore

PX Group

Materion

Sims Lifecycle Services

Johnson Matthey

Tanaka

Abington Reldan Metals

Dowa Holdings

Sino-Platinum Metals

Heraeus

Asahi Holdings

Precious Metal Recycling Product Segment Include:

Silver (Ag)

Gold (Au)

Platinum Group Metals

Precious Metal Recycling Product Application Include:

Jewelry

Catalyst

Electronics

Battery

Others

Chapter Scope

Chapter 1: Product Research Range, Product Types and Applications, Market Overview, Market Situation and Trend

Chapter 2: Global Precious Metal Recycling Industry PESTEL Analysis

Chapter 3: Global Precious Metal Recycling Industry Porter's Five Forces Analysis

Chapter 4: Global Precious Metal Recycling Major Regional Market Size (Revenue) and Forecast Analysis

Chapter 5: Global Precious Metal Recycling Competitive Analysis of Key Suppliers (Revenue, Market Share, Regional Distribution and Industry Concentration)

Chapter 6: Global Precious Metal Recycling Revenue and Forecast Analysis by Product Type

Chapter 7: Key Company Profiles (Product Portfolio, Revenue and Gross Margin)

Chapter 8: Industrial Chain Analysis, Precious Metal Recycling Different Application Market Analysis (Revenue and Forecast) and Sales Channel Analysis

Chapter 9: Research Findings and Conclusion

Chapter 10: Methodology and Data Sources

Table of Contents

165 Pages
1 Precious Metal Recycling Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition and Statistical Scope
1.2 Precious Metal Recycling Product by Type
1.2.1 Silver (Ag)
1.2.2 Gold (Au)
1.2.3 Platinum Group Metals
1.3 Precious Metal Recycling Product by Application
1.3.1 Jewelry
1.3.2 Catalyst
1.3.3 Electronics
1.3.4 Battery
1.3.5 Others
1.4 Global Precious Metal Recycling Market Size Analysis (2020-2032)
1.5 Precious Metal Recycling Market Development Status and Trends
1.5.1 Precious Metal Recycling Industry Development Status Analysis
1.5.2 Precious Metal Recycling Industry Development Trends Analysis
2 Precious Metal Recycling Market PESTEL Analysis
2.1 Political Factors Analysis
2.2 Economic Factors Analysis
2.3 Social Factors Analysis
2.4 Technological Factors Analysis
2.5 Environmental Factors Analysis
2.6 Legal Factors Analysis
3 Precious Metal Recycling Market Porter's Five Forces Analysis
3.1 Competitive Rivalry
3.2 Threat of New Entrants
3.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
3.4 Bargaining Power of Buyers
3.5 Threat of Substitutes
4 Global Precious Metal Recycling Market Analysis by Country
4.1 Global Precious Metal Recycling Market Size Analysis by Country: 2024 VS 2025 VS 2032
4.1.1 Global Precious Metal Recycling Revenue Analysis by Country (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Precious Metal Recycling Revenue Forecast Analysis by Country (2026-2032)
4.2 United States Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.3 Germany Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.4 Japan Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.5 China Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.6 France Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.7 U.K. Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.8 South Korea Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.9 Canada Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.10 Italy Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.11 Russia Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.12 Mexico Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.13 Brazil Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.14 India Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.15 Vietnam Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.16 Thailand Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
4.17 South Africa Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue and Growth Rate (2020-2032)
5 Competition by Suppliers
5.1 Global Precious Metal Recycling Market Revenue by Key Suppliers (2021-2025)
5.2 Precious Metal Recycling Competitive Landscape Analysis and Market Dynamic
5.2.1 Precious Metal Recycling Competitive Landscape Analysis
5.2.2 Global Key Suppliers Headquarter and Key Area Sales
5.2.3 Market Dynamic
6 Precious Metal Recycling Market Analysis by Type
6.1 Global Precious Metal Recycling Market Size Analysis by Type: 2024 VS 2025 VS 2032
6.2 Global Precious Metal Recycling Revenue and Forecast Analysis by Type (2020-2032)
7 Key Companies Analysis
7.1 Umicore
7.1.1 Umicore Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.1.2 Umicore Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.1.3 Umicore Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.2 PX Group
7.2.1 PX Group Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.2.2 PX Group Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.2.3 PX Group Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.3 Materion
7.3.1 Materion Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.3.2 Materion Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.3.3 Materion Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.4 Sims Lifecycle Services
7.4.1 Sims Lifecycle Services Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.4.2 Sims Lifecycle Services Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.4.3 Sims Lifecycle Services Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.5 Johnson Matthey
7.5.1 Johnson Matthey Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.5.2 Johnson Matthey Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.5.3 Johnson Matthey Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.6 Tanaka
7.6.1 Tanaka Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.6.2 Tanaka Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.6.3 Tanaka Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.7 Abington Reldan Metals
7.7.1 Abington Reldan Metals Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.7.2 Abington Reldan Metals Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.7.3 Abington Reldan Metals Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.8 Dowa Holdings
7.8.1 Dowa Holdings Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.8.2 Dowa Holdings Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.8.3 Dowa Holdings Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.9 Sino-Platinum Metals
7.9.1 Sino-Platinum Metals Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.9.2 Sino-Platinum Metals Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.9.3 Sino-Platinum Metals Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.10 Heraeus
7.10.1 Heraeus Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.10.2 Heraeus Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.10.3 Heraeus Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
7.11 Asahi Holdings
7.11.1 Asahi Holdings Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)
7.11.2 Asahi Holdings Precious Metal Recycling Product Portfolio
7.11.3 Asahi Holdings Precious Metal Recycling Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2021-2025)
8 Industry Chain Analysis
8.1 Precious Metal Recycling Industry Chain Analysis
8.2 Precious Metal Recycling Product Downstream Application Analysis
8.2.1 Global Precious Metal Recycling Market Size and Growth Rate (CAGR) by Application: 2024 VS 2025 VS 2032
8.2.2 Global Precious Metal Recycling Revenue and Forecast by Application (2020-2032)
8.3 Precious Metal Recycling Typical Downstream Customers
8.4 Precious Metal Recycling Sales Channel Analysis
9 Research Findings and Conclusion
10 Methodology and Data Source
10.1 Methodology/Research Approach
10.2 Research Scope
10.3 Benchmarks and Assumptions
10.4 Date Source
10.4.1 Primary Sources
10.4.2 Secondary Sources
10.5 Data Cross Validation
10.6 Disclaimer
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