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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
  

July 2010

August 2010

0A plate & girder

 120 145

No 1 old steel scrap

 100 125

No 2 new steel scrap

 100 125

4A low residual bales

 135 160

4C new production bales

 121 146

light iron

 115 135

7B mixed steel turnings

 110 130

8B mixed steel cuttings

 121 146

foundry heavy cast iron

 115 140

No 9 cast

 115 140

No 10 light cast

 115 140

11 cast iron borings

 160 185

12A new production heavy steel scrap

 120 145
Steel cans
  

July 2010

August 2010
steel cans ('ex-works'/excluding delivery) 110 - 140 110 - 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 prices including delivery ('delivered in'), add £10-15 per tonne.

 

Non-ferrous scrap metal prices: £ per tonne
   Aug 24 Aug 31
dry bright wire 4000 4100
heavy copper 3600 3700
No 2 copper wire 3300 3400
braziery copper 3100 3200
insulated copper cable 45% 1200 1300
brass cuttings 2600 2600
brass swarf 2350 2350
brass and copper radiators 2100 2100
mixed brass 2200 2300
heavy brass 2400 2500
gunmetal 2600 2700
pure aluminium cuttings 900 950
aluminium alloy cuttings 900 950
old rolled aluminium 700 750
clean cast aluminium 850 900
aluminium turnings 550 550
aluminium foil 60 60
lead scrap 900 950
batteries 310 320
zinc mixed scrap 500 500
zinc cuttings 500 500
18/8 stainless steel solids 1200 1200
Aluminium used beverage containers (UBCs) delivered to a Novelis regional processor
  

July 2010

August 2010
loose whole cans 720   645 600
loose and flattened 720   645 600
baled or densified and strapped 770   695

(prices reduced on July 12)

 

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