Nickel Companies in Shandong, China (2026 Directory, 138 listed)

This directory includes 138 enterprises in Shandong Province involved in nickel recycling, processing and trading, covering nickel-bearing scrap recycling, stainless steel scrap and nickel alloy sorting, disposal and utilization of nickel-bearing wastes such as electroplating sludge and spent catalysts, and nickel sulfate and ferronickel smelting. The list and basic information come from integration of public channels such as pollutant discharge permit announcements, hazardous waste operating permit announcements, solid waste management information platforms, and enterprise credit information publicity systems, and do not include content self-reported by enterprises without cross-checking. It is suitable for buyers screening suppliers, industry peers mapping regional channels, and practitioners who need to judge the compliance baseline of counterparties. The directory only provides leads; qualification status and cooperation conditions change, and before actual contact each item still needs verification as follows.

1. Overview

• 138 companies related to nickel recorded in Shandong
• Cities: Linyi (17), Weifang (15), Dezhou (13), Liaocheng (13), Yantai (9)
• Company types: Hazardous Waste (128), Smelter (3), Manufacturer (3), Recycler (2), Trader (2)

Data updated 16 October 2026.

2. Company list (40 of 138)

"Verifiable" = a unified social credit code for this company can be found in public Chinese registries. The full list of 138 companies is at https://www.guilinmetals.com/en/companies.

3. How to verify these companies

First, check the business license. On the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, verify whether the business scope includes corresponding items such as recycling of renewable resources, nonferrous metal smelting and processing, and also check business abnormality, administrative penalties and dishonest records. Second, check the hazardous waste operating permit. Wherever nickel-bearing sludge, electroplating sludge, nickel-bearing spent catalysts, etc. are involved, the operator must hold a permit. Go to the permit announcement section on the official websites of the Shandong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment and the ecology and environment bureaus of each city, and verify the permit number, approved operating method (collection, storage, utilization, disposal), approved categories and waste codes (nickel-bearing waste corresponds to HW46, etc.), approved scale, validity period and issuing authority. If nickel is not in the scope, it is beyond scope. Third, check the pollutant discharge permit. Search by enterprise name on the National Pollutant Discharge Permit Management Information Platform, and see whether the industry category, main products, and raw and auxiliary materials are nickel-related, and whether the permit is within its validity period. Fourth, verify the transfer links. Cross-provincial transfer of nickel-bearing waste requires approval; you can require the counterparty to provide the transfer manifest number and compare it in the solid waste system.

4. What to watch out for

Nickel-bearing materials are priced by nickel metal content, not just total weight. Common problems: high grade at sampling, one grade lower on arrival; moisture, oil contamination, and inclusions are only deducted at settlement; traders pass themselves off as processing plants and cannot produce permits and transfer manifests; the pricing basis and settlement date are written vaguely, leading to disputes when nickel prices fluctuate; batches are not sealed as samples, so there is no evidence to check if problems arise. Before cooperation, put the five matters of grade, impurity deduction, weighing, pricing, and sample retention into the contract.

5. Sources and notes

This directory is compiled by Guilin Metals from public Chinese sources — environmental impact assessments, pollutant discharge permits and hazardous waste operating licences — then cleaned and de-duplicated by hand.

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*Data as of 2026-10-16.*