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✨ Stainless Steel Scrap

Chromium and nickel-bearing alloys — 300 series, 400 series, and specialty stainless grades.

📅 Last Updated: September 2026

About Stainless Steel Melting Scrap

Stainless steel scrap is an actively traded ferrous category, with material value driven by the chromium, nickel, and molybdenum content of the alloys. The grades break naturally into two large families — the chromium-only 400 series, and the chromium-nickel 300 series, with 304 and 316 being the most common variants — and a number of more specialised alloys.

The trade moves through specialist yards equipped with X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysers, which read the elemental composition of incoming material on the spot. This identification is important because the value of stainless scrap depends heavily on its nickel content, and the price difference between grades is meaningful.

Principal Grades

The principal grades of stainless steel melting scrap, as defined in the ReMA specifications:

304 Stainless (18-8)
The most common stainless grade — 18% chromium, 8% nickel. Used in kitchenware, food processing, and architectural applications.
316 Stainless (18-10-2)
18% chromium, 10% nickel, 2% molybdenum. Higher corrosion resistance than 304. Used in marine, chemical, and medical applications.
Stainless Solids (300 Series)
Mixed solids of the chromium-nickel grades.
Stainless Turnings (300 Series)
Machining turnings, with or without oil/coolant.
400 Series Stainless
Chromium-only stainless — typically 410, 430. Magnetic, used in automotive exhaust and decorative trim.
310 / 309 Stainless
Higher-chromium, higher-nickel heat-resistant grades.
17-4 PH Stainless
Precipitation-hardening stainless alloy.
Duplex Stainless (2205, 2507)
Mixed austenitic-ferritic stainless with high strength and corrosion resistance.

Stainless Steel scrap by country — 23 dedicated pages

🇨🇳 China · 🇺🇸 United States · 🇹🇷 Turkey · 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇯🇵 Japan · 🇰🇷 South Korea · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 🇮🇳 India · 🇮🇹 Italy · 🇪🇸 Spain · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇫🇷 France · 🇸🇪 Sweden · 🇦🇹 Austria · 🇻🇳 Vietnam · 🇹🇼 Taiwan · 🇮🇩 Indonesia · 🇹🇭 Thailand · 🇸🇬 Singapore · 🇿🇦 South Africa · 🇲🇽 Mexico · 🇧🇷 Brazil

Companies Active in Stainless Steel — By Country

Companies grouped by country. Each handles stainless steel melting scrap among other categories.

🇮🇳 India (5)

Tata Steel Ltd
Mumbai • Integrated steel producer, publicly listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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JSW Steel Ltd
Mumbai • Integrated steel producer, publicly listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India
Hazira, Gujarat • JV integrated steel producer
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Jindal Stainless Ltd
Hisar, Haryana • Stainless steel producer, publicly listed
🏷️ Stainless Steel · Steel
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Mukand Ltd
Mumbai • Specialty steel producer, publicly listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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🇺🇸 United States (6)

Sims Metal Management
New York • Diversified scrap multinational, ASX-listed
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium · Stainless Steel
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EMR USA Metal Recycling
Camden, NJ • EMR subsidiary
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium · Stainless Steel
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Nucor Corporation
Charlotte, NC • Steel producer, NYSE-listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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North American Stainless
Ghent • Largest US stainless producer (Acerinox)
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Outokumpu Americas
Calvert • Stainless flat products
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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ATI (Allegheny Technologies)
Dallas • Specialty and stainless alloys, publicly listed
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom (4)

European Metal Recycling (EMR)
Warrington • Diversified scrap, privately held
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium · Stainless Steel
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Outokumpu Stainless UK
Sheffield • Stainless producer
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Sheffield Forgemasters
Sheffield • Specialty steel forger
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Marcegaglia Stainless Sheffield
Sheffield • Stainless long products
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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🇨🇳 China (12)

Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel)
Shanghai • Largest Chinese steel producer
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Tsingshan Holding Group
Wenzhou, Zhejiang • Stainless steel and nickel giant
🏷️ Stainless Steel · Steel
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Taiyuan Iron & Steel (TISCO)
Taiyuan • Largest stainless producer in China, listed (Baowu group)
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Jiuquan Iron & Steel (JISCO)
Jiayuguan • Carbon and stainless steel producer
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Beihai Chengde Stainless
Beihai • Integrated stainless steel producer
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Fujian Fuxin Special Steel
Zhangzhou • Stainless and special steel producer
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Guangdong Guangqing Metal Technology
Yangjiang • Stainless producer in the Tsingshan orbit
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Zhejiang Jiuli Hi-Tech Metals
Huzhou • Stainless and nickel-alloy tubes, publicly listed
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Jinchuan Group
Jinchang • Nickel and copper producer, listed unit in Hong Kong
🏷️ Copper · Stainless Steel
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Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless (ZPSS)
Zhangjiagang • Stainless flat products (POSCO JV)
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Baosteel Desheng Stainless
Ningde • Stainless producer (Baowu group)
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry
Yancheng • Stainless and nickel producer
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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🇩🇪 Germany (8)

VDM Metals GmbH
Werdohl • Nickel alloys, specialty
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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ThyssenKrupp Materials Services
Essen • Diversified metals
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel · Copper
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Buderus Edelstahl GmbH
Wetzlar • Specialty steel
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (Swiss Steel Group)
Witten • Special and stainless steels
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Outokumpu Nirosta
Krefeld • Stainless flat products
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Cronimet Holding
Karlsruhe • Stainless and alloy scrap specialist
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Oryx Stainless
Mülheim an der Ruhr • Stainless scrap processor
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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BGH Edelstahl
Freital • Special and stainless steel
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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🇯🇵 Japan (6)

Nippon Steel Corporation
Tokyo • Largest Japanese steel producer
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Hitachi Metals (Proterial)
Tokyo • Specialty alloys, TSE-listed
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Daido Steel
Nagoya • Specialty steel, TSE-listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Sanyo Special Steel
Himeji • Specialty steel
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Nippon Yakin Kogyo
Tokyo • Stainless and nickel alloys, publicly listed
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Nippon Steel Stainless Steel
Tokyo • Stainless flat products
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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🇰🇷 South Korea (4)

POSCO Holdings
Pohang • Major Korean steel producer, NYSE-listed
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Korea Nickel Corporation
Seoul • Nickel and specialty alloys
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Seah Besteel Holdings
Seoul • Specialty steel
🏷️ Steel · Stainless Steel
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Hyundai BNG Steel
Changwon • Stainless cold-rolled products, listed
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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🇮🇹 Italy (4)

Aperam Stainless Italy
Terni • Stainless steel
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Acciai Speciali Terni (AST)
Terni • Stainless and specialty steel
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Cogne Acciai Speciali
Aosta • Stainless and special steels
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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Acciaierie Valbruna
Vicenza • Stainless and special steel long products
🏷️ Stainless Steel
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📈 Stainless Steel — Exchanges & Trade Bodies

Where stainless steel and its scrap are priced, and the organisations that anchor the trade.

LME
London Metal Exchange — global base metals pricing
🔗 lme.com
worldstainless
The world stainless association (formerly ISSF)
🔗 worldstainless.org
BIR — Bureau of International Recycling
The global federation of the recycling industry, Brussels
🔗 bir.org
ReMA — Recycled Materials Association
Publisher of the scrap specifications (formerly ISRI), USA
🔗 recycledmaterials.org

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