Scrap Gold Recycling Market Report 2025

This Scrap Gold Recycling market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The scrap gold recycling market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $14.73 billion in 2024 to $16.15 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to fluctuating gold prices, increase in environmental regulations, rise in economic downturns fostering recycling incentives, growth in electronic waste generation, rise in corporate sustainability initiatives, and surge in consumer awareness of ethical sourcing practices.

The scrap gold recycling market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $23.06 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to evolving consumer preferences towards sustainable products, increasing regulatory push towards responsible sourcing, increasing electronic waste volumes, increasing industrial applications using gold, increasing volatility in gold prices, and expanding awareness of environmental impacts among businesses. Major trends in the forecast period include technological advancements in recycling processes, advancements in mining methods, adoption of sustainable practices, advancements in electronic waste recycling, and innovation in extraction processes.

The anticipated increase in gold prices is likely to drive the growth of the scrap gold recycling market in the future. This rise in gold prices is driven by factors such as economic instability, concerns about inflation, currency value fluctuations, and a heightened demand for safe-haven assets among investors. Higher gold prices make scrap gold recycling more lucrative for both individuals and businesses, thereby boosting the supply of recycled gold. For example, the World Gold Council reported that the global gold price rose from $58.72 per gram in January 2022 to $65.47 in January 2024. Consequently, this price increase is fueling the expansion of the scrap gold recycling market.

Key players in the scrap gold recycling market are embracing innovative methods such as the mass balance approach to authenticate claims of recycled content. The mass balance approach involves tracking and certifying the proportion of recycled or sustainably sourced materials within a product or process. It ensures that the amount of recycled content used aligns with the amount of recycled material introduced into the system, offering transparency and accountability for sustainability claims. For instance, in April 2024, Heraeus Precious Metals, a precious metals industry leader based in Germany, introduced Circlear to address the growing demand for sustainable solutions in the precious metals sector. Circlear features precious metals such as gold, silver, and platinum with 100% recycled content, fostering a circular economy by reducing dependence on primary extraction. Certified by TÜV Süd, Circlear upholds high-quality standards and significantly reduces carbon emissions compared to traditional production methods.

In February 2024, Hensel Recycling, a precious metals recycling firm based in the US, acquired Red Fox Resources for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition enables Hensel to enhance its presence and expand its customer base in the US and North American markets, especially on the West Coast. Red Fox Resources is a US-based company specializing in recycling precious metals such as gold, copper, and zinc.

Major companies operating in the scrap gold recycling market are Glencore plc, Rio Tinto Group, Umicore N.V., Aurubis AG, Teck Resources Limited, Barrick Gold Corporation, Boliden AB, Dillon Gage Inc., Elemetal LLC, Sipi Metals Corporation, Metallix Refining Inc., Gannon & Scott, United Precious Metal Refining Inc., David H. Fell & Company Inc., RPM Industries LLC, Garfield Refining, Gold Refiners LLC, Mid-States Recycling & Refining Inc., Arch Enterprises Inc., Manhattan Gold & Silver, Northern Refineries Inc., Geib Refining Corporation, Republic Metals Corporation, Aurum Metals, Doral Refining Corporation.

Europe was the largest region in the scrap gold recycling market in 2024. The regions covered in the scrap gold recycling market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the scrap gold recycling market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Scrap gold recycling involves the collection, refinement, and reuse of gold from discarded or unwanted items. This process includes melting down gold-containing materials, purifying the gold, and transforming it into new products. Recycling scrap gold conserves natural resources, minimizes environmental impact, and offers a cost-effective source of precious metal for different industries.

The primary techniques used in the scrap gold recycling sector are pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, and others. Pyrometallurgical methods involve extracting and purifying metals from their ores by applying high temperatures. Scrap gold can be categorized into new and old scrap metal, and its applications span across jewelry, catalysts, electronics, batteries, and more.

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The scrap gold recycling market includes revenues earned by entities by providing gold assaying and evaluation, collection and logistics, and refining and processing service. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The scrap gold recycling market consists of sales of gold granules or flakes, gold powder, and gold alloys. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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