Product Name	Lowest Price (RMB)	Highest Price (RMB)	Medium Price	City
1# Copper	48100	48200	48150	Shanghai
A00 Aluminium	14880	14920	14900	Shanghai
1# Plumbum	15350	15650	15550	Shanghai
0# Zinc	14750	15650	15200	Shanghai
1# Zinc	14700	14750	14725	Shanghai
1# Tin	118000	119500	118750	Shanghai
1# Cobalt	335000	355000	345000	Shanghai
1# Stibium	40500	41500	41000	Shanghai
2# Stibium	39500	40500	40000	Shanghai

It is said from participants at an international forum concluded Monday in eastern China’s Jiangxi province that China is ahead of the world in the recycling of major non-ferrous metals and it was an area in which there had been rapid development.

This was part of China’s efforts to maintain sustainable economic growth, improve the efficient use of resources and lessen environmental pollution, they said.

The three-day forum on metals recycling was held in Fengcheng City.

In 2008 China ranked the first in the world in the consumption of recycled copper, using approximately 2 million tonnes, or 30 percent of its total annual copper consumption.

China also used 3 million tonnes of recycled aluminum, or 20 percent of its annual consumption; and nearly 1 million tonnes of recycled lead, 25 percent of consumption in 2008.

In terms of annual consumption of recycled aluminum and lead, China is placed by figures place the second in the world.