Current Scrap Metal Prices
Scrap Metal Scrap Price Updated Price Date
Copper National Average $3.04/lb Updated 12/07/2023
Steel National Average $219.12/ton Updated 12/07/2023
Aluminum National Average $0.43/lb Updated 12/07/2023
Catalytic Converter Average $81.00/each Updated 12/07/2023

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9 High Value Auto Parts for Scrap Recycling

Most Valuable Scrap Items from In A Car  “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” The old saying is significant with vehicles. You have your old boring car, but someone else is looking for such a car for reasons better known to them. You could be having an old car and thinking of trashing it […]

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Copper Prices See All-Time High, But Why?

Why has the copper market shot up so fast? The Ukrainian and Russian conflict is causing all of the price gaugings that we have seen since the initial invasion of Ukraine. These world events will generally have significant ripple effects across the markets and commodities, especially when you start to consider the oil effect that […]

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How Does the Scrap Metal Recycling Industry Work?

Scrap metal recycling is the process of recovering and processing scrap metal from end-of-life items or structures, as well as manufacturing scrap, to use it as a raw material in the manufacture of new goods. It may be recycled many times without losing any of its properties. It provides the raw material for new goods while […]

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The History Of Copper

Copper is one of the oldest known elements to have been used for tools, trading, and decorative pieces. Dating back thousands of years, you can see copper used in multiple items, from trading coins to hunting tools. Today, copper is found in almost every electronic that you see and is one of the best elements […]

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How-To: Strip Copper Wire for Scrap

Copper is one of the most sought-after metals in the scrap industry. It comes in various shapes and sizes, from pipe, wire, plate, electronics, and more. With our technology ever-growing, we have more electronics around us daily, which means more copper wire for scrap available. Having copper wire for recycling can be very valuable to […]

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Motivating Yourself to Scrap Better

Like any job, scrapping can be slow and difficult at times. Keeping your eyes set on the reward is what is important. Knowing that a slow day out on the streets, a drop in prices, can quickly be followed by a great large job lead or a quick jump in the market. Don’t Throw In […]

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Scrapping on a Rainy Day

While most days are free of rain and it is easy to scrap, there are those soaking wet days when you would rather be a duck than a scrapper. What is a scrapper to do on a rainy day? We have some ideas that may help you pass your time and make some more money […]

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Where Can You Recycle Your Aluminum Cans?

Aluminum cans may not be seen as a hot commodity in the scrap metal industry but they are just as important to scrap and recycle with your local facility as the next type of metal. Cans are a very common material for everyone to come across whether you are a homeowner, scrapper, or contractor collecting […]

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Difference Between Steel & Aluminum BX

Steel vs. Aluminum BX, which will win? With two different types of BX wire, you have to be careful when scrapping them. A lot of the Steel BX that is out there was used both in older factories and homes, and it can become very difficult to strip if you want to get the copper out from […]

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When Are Scrap Prices Going Up?

Like many others in the scrap industry, you’re probably wondering, “When are scrap prices going up?”. If we knew the answer, we would have our own private island in the middle of the Caribbean. While that’s not the answer you were probably looking for, we can tell you one thing: we know what we know […]

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What Will President Trump Do For Scrap Metal?

By now you have heard all of the questions from the media and country about what plans President Trump has for the US economy and seemingly deteriorating infrastructure. With Donald Trump taking office on January 20, 2017 as the 45th President, we have some questions of our own about how his plans are going to affect the […]

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These 3 States Are Hard To Scrap In

We have talked to a lot of people that live in stats through the US that have varying scrap laws, and many people have asked why different states have such different rules.  Why Do So Many States Have Different Scrap Laws? The answer: Because not all states have the same priorities, the same problems, the […]

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