Tag: South Korea Ministry of Climate Energy and Environment

South Korea joins global shift towards tighter scrap export governance

Jul 21, 2026

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by

Devanshu Agrawal

in Copper, Non Ferrous

Nearly 631 exporters to come under revised regulations New compliance costs estimated at KRW 3.27 billion South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment has proposed bringing copper scrap, iron scrap and other non-ferrous metal scrap under the country’s mandatory waste export declaration framework, strengthening oversight of recyclable metal exports. The amendment, currently under public…