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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
  

May 2009

June 2009

0A plate & girder

 90 70

No 1 old steel scrap

 84 64

No 2 new steel scrap

 75 55

4A low residual bales

 100 80

4C new production bales

 86 66

light iron

 55 50

7B mixed steel turnings

 60 50

8B mixed steel cuttings

 76 56

foundry heavy cast iron

 89 80

No 9 cast

 95 75

No 10 light cast

 85 75

11 cast iron borings

 80 80

12A new production heavy steel scrap

 85 65
Steel cans
  

May
2009

June
2009
loose, densified or baled steel cans (excluding delivery) (price show from February 2009)

30 - 50

 20 - 40
loose, densified or baled steel cans (delivered to a Corus Canroute centre)

0

 0
Non-ferrous scrap metal prices: £ per tonne
   June 23rd 2009 June 30th 2009
dry bright wire 2700 2750
heavy copper 2500 2550
No 2 copper wire 2300 2350
braziery copper 2100 2150
insulated copper cable 45% 850 900
brass cuttings 1900 1900
brass swarf 1500 1500
brass and copper radiators 1300 1300
mixed brass 1600 1600
heavy brass 1800 1800
gunmetal 1900 1900
pure aluminium cuttings 550 600
aluminium alloy cuttings 550 600
old rolled aluminium 450 500
clean cast aluminium 500 550
aluminium turnings 230 250
aluminium foil 100 60
lead scrap 600 600
batteries 130 130
zinc mixed scrap 350 350
zinc cuttings 350 350
18/8 stainless steel solids 760 780
Aluminium used beverage containers (UBCs) delivered to a Novelis regional processor
  

May 2009

June 2009
loose whole cans   450   550 550
loose and flattened   450   550 550
baled or densified and strapped   500   600

(higher prices from May 4)

 600
Metals Prices Archive

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