中国废钢铁应用协会在“废钢铁产业‘十二五’发展规划建议(草案)”中对废钢铁产业的定义为:以废钢加工配送为主体,连接上游的废钢回收网点,下游的废钢铁应用企业,以及冶金渣、直接还原铁、钢铁尾矿渣、废钢加工设备等衍生产业,集科、工、贸为一体的一个相对独立的企业 China Scrap Iron & Steel Association defines the scrap iron and steel industry in the “Proposal for Development Planning for the Second Five-Year Plan of the Scrap Iron and Steel Industry” as follows: the scrap steel processing and distribution is the mainstay, connecting the upstream scrap recycling outlets and the downstream waste Iron and steel enterprises, as well as the metallurgical slag, direct reduction of iron, steel tailings, scrap processing equipment and other derivative industries, set Branch, industry and trade as one of the relatively independent enterprises