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🇰🇷 South Korea — Melting Scrap Directory

A country with an active metals production sector. The list below contains 24 companies in South Korea active in melting scrap, grouped by metal speciality.

📅 Last Updated: September 2026

Major hubs: 📍 Seoul · 📍 Busan · 📍 Incheon · 📍 Ulsan · 📍 Pohang

South Korea in the Global Melting Scrap Trade

South Korea has an active metals production sector covering steel, copper, zinc, and stainless steel. Material flows include both domestic production and imports from a range of source countries.

The sector includes integrated steel manufacturing, copper smelting, dedicated zinc refining, and stainless steel and specialty alloy production. Operations are concentrated around Pohang on the southeast coast and Ulsan in the south, along with industrial facilities around Seoul, Incheon, and Busan. Several of the country's larger metals producers are listed on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI).

Companies by Metal

The same company may appear under multiple metals where it handles more than one category.

⚙️ Steel (13)

POSCO Holdings
Pohang • Major Korean steel producer, NYSE-listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Hyundai Steel
Seoul • Steel producer, KOSPI-listed
🏷️ Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Korea Iron & Steel Co
Incheon • Steel producer
🏷️ Steel
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Dongkuk Steel
Seoul • Steel producer, KOSPI-listed
🏷️ Steel
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Seah Besteel Holdings
Seoul • Specialty steel
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Korea Steel Shapes
Pohang • Steel sections
🏷️ Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Daehan Steel
Pohang • Steel producer
🏷️ Steel
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KISCO Holdings
Seoul • Steel producer
🏷️ Steel
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Daewoo International Metals
Seoul • Metals trading
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Hwanyoung Steel
Busan • EAF steelmaker
🏷️ Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
YK Steel
Busan • EAF rebar producer
🏷️ Steel
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KG Steel (formerly Dongbu Steel)
Seoul • Flat steel producer, publicly listed
🏷️ Steel
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SeAH Steel
Seoul • Steel pipe producer, publicly listed
🏷️ Steel
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🟠 Copper (5)

LS MnM (formerly LS-Nikko Copper)
Onsan • Major copper smelter
🏷️ Copper
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Poongsan Corporation
Seoul • Copper alloys producer, KOSPI-listed
🏷️ Copper
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Iljin Holdings
Seoul • Copper producer
🏷️ Copper
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Sungeel HiTech
Gunsan • Battery recycling, KOSPI-listed
🏷️ Copper
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Daewoo International Metals
Seoul • Metals trading
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact

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⚪ Aluminium (3)

Sungwoo Hitech
Busan • Aluminium recycler
🏷️ Aluminium
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Daewoo International Metals
Seoul • Metals trading
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Novelis Korea
Yeongju • Aluminium recycling and rolling
🏷️ Aluminium
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact

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🔵 Zinc (2)

Korea Zinc Co Ltd
Seoul • Zinc smelter, KOSPI-listed
🏷️ Zinc
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Young Poong Corporation
Seoul • Non-ferrous smelter, KOSPI-listed
🏷️ Zinc
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact

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✨ Stainless Steel (4)

POSCO Holdings
Pohang • Major Korean steel producer, NYSE-listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Korea Nickel Corporation
Seoul • Nickel and specialty alloys
🏷️ Stainless Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Seah Besteel Holdings
Seoul • Specialty steel
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Hyundai BNG Steel
Changwon • Stainless cold-rolled products, listed
🏷️ Stainless Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact

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🟡 Brass (2)

Poongsan Corporation
Seoul • Leading brass and coin blank producer, KRX-listed
🏷️ Brass
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact
Daechang
Siheung • Major brass rod producer, KRX-listed
🏷️ Brass
🤖 About Company🔍 Website & Contact

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📈 Price references for South Korea

The exchanges and services the trade in South Korea actually quotes against. Scrap is priced as a discount to these — see the world price guide for the full formula and all exchanges.

🇬🇧 LME — London Metal Exchange
Industrial metals — copper, zinc, lead, aluminium, tin, nickel, steel rebar/scrap.
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🇨🇳 SHFE — Shanghai Futures Exchange
China's domestic copper, zinc, aluminium, lead and nickel futures.
→ View SHFE prices
📰 SteelOrbis — Steel & Steel Scrap Prices
Steel scrap and steel product price reporting and news.
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