![A pile of electronic scrap ready for recycling.](https://resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/e-scrap_110118_By-haraldmuc_Shutterstock_154443089-web.jpg)
European metals refining company Boliden consumed its lowest quantity of scrap circuit boards in nearly a decade last year. | haraldmuc/Shutterstock
For major e-scrap smelting companies, the turbulence of 2020 brought pandemic-driven supply disruptions as well as pricing spikes for key metals.