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Metals Prices

Metal recycling is one of the largest recycling industries within the UK. The prices shown here provide an indication of the sums that may be paid within the metals recycling industry by typically medium to large sized businesses who are receiving material from merchants and local collectors. Our prices are guide prices and aim to give a good indication of the market price but cannot be guaranteed.

The letsrecycle.com ferrous prices are usually revised at the beginning of each month and non-ferrous prices on a weekly basis.

Within the trade the quality of material presented and the volumes may influence the prices paid.

Metals Prices Archive
Ferrous scrap metal prices: £ per tonne
  

January 2010

February 2010

0A plate & girder

 105

No 1 old steel scrap

 99

No 2 new steel scrap

 90

4A low residual bales

 115

4C new production bales

 101

light iron

 95

7B mixed steel turnings

 100

8B mixed steel cuttings

 101

foundry heavy cast iron

 115

No 9 cast

 110

No 10 light cast

 110

11 cast iron borings

 130

12A new production heavy steel scrap

 100
Steel cans
  

January
2010

February 2010
steel cans ('ex-works'/excluding delivery) (price shown from February 2009) 100 - 130

                        Price for Corus not shown from January 2010 as the company now buys cans from the scrap sector, rather than directly from councils. For 'delivered in'/including delivery prices, add £10-15 per tonne.

 

Non-ferrous scrap metal prices: £ per tonne
   January 26 February 2
dry bright wire 3600 3600
heavy copper 3300 3300
No 2 copper wire 3200 3200
braziery copper 2900 2900
insulated copper cable 45% 1100 1100
brass cuttings 2400 2400
brass swarf 2250 2250
brass and copper radiators 2000 2000
mixed brass 2100 2100
heavy brass 2300 2300
gunmetal 2500 2500
pure aluminium cuttings 850 850
aluminium alloy cuttings 850 850
old rolled aluminium 700 700
clean cast aluminium 800 800
aluminium turnings 450 450
aluminium foil 60 60
lead scrap 800 750
batteries 300 250
zinc mixed scrap 450 450
zinc cuttings 450 450
18/8 stainless steel solids 1000 950
Aluminium used beverage containers (UBCs) delivered to a Novelis regional processor
  

January 2010

February 2010
loose whole cans 550  600  700  800 800
loose and flattened 550  600  700  800 800
baled or densified and strapped

600  650  750  850

(prices increased on Jan 4 and then again on Jan 11 and on Jan 25)

850

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