Scrap Metal Prices

Are you getting right price for your metal scrap? Don't just see it as a heap of waste, It can bring you fortunes.

Some essential checkpoints while you sell metal scrap.

Have an independent source of pricing information for metal scrap like metalprices.com which have the current price information to verify that what you are receiving is consistent rate with actual market conditions.

While you sell metal scrap ask the scrap metal dealer to include a copy of the indexed scrap metal price with his payment cheque.

Make sure the weights are correct. Beware of the metal scrap dealer who says he'll give you higher than scrap metal market prices: he can't – If he could give you a higher market price then be careful in the weight and his classification of scrap. If a delaer has 1ton of copper scrap in a lot of HMS scrap, then ofcourse he can give you more than the market rate of HMS. So seggregate your metal scrap

Preweigh scrap metal and compare with the figures the dealer uses to calculate payment. If weighing every load is too difficult, do it randomly and make sure the dealer doesn't know which loads are being checked.

Prices are on the rise
Overall, metal scrap markets have been up lately, and you should be getting a lot more money for many scrap materials. A surprising number of metal scrap sellers are not aware of this yet, mainly because they have no automatic way of knowing. They relay mostly on the word of their scrap dealers. Scrap steel prices, for example, have risen almost 40% in the last 6 months; scrap corrugated containers (OCC) prices have moved up more than 50%, over the same period.

JunkYard have compiled the scrap metal prices, both ferrous non ferrous and other plastic and rubber scrap prices from various sources to provide you a basic knowledge on the selling prices. The rates for scrap depends on the quality, quantity and availability of material.

Also we have furnished some scrap metal price from our members. If you are interested in furnishing your sale price for scrap metals you are welcome to send it to jyadmin@recycleinme.com and please mention your company name and contact details with subject "metal scrap prices"

Ferrous scrap metal prices: £ per tonne (Source : http://www.letsrecycle.com )

Non-ferrous scrap metal prices: £ per tonne

	23 November 2005	30 November 2005
dry bright wire	2150	2150
heavy copper	1900	1900
No 2 copper wire	1750	1750
braziery copper	1700	1700
insulated copper cable 45%	750	750
brass cuttings	1450	1450
brass swarf	1250	1250
brass and copper radiators	1050	1050
mixed brass	1300	1300
heavy brass	1400	1400
gunmetal	1450	1450
pure aluminium cuttings	670	680
aluminium alloy cuttings	670	680
old rolled aluminium	580	590
clean cast aluminium	630	640
aluminium turnings	400	400
aluminium foil	200	200
lead scrap	420	420
batteries	25	25
zinc mixed scrap	250	250
zinc cuttings	250	250
18/8 stainless steel solids	480	480