Direct To Refiners

Originally Posted by Paveitall

Good Morning,

Im new tho this Forum and electronics recycling. One issue my business partner and i just cant seem to understand is this precious metal side of the electronics recycling. We have seen a lot of info on how to sort different types of boards (which is overwhelming to us) from what we assume these are middleman buyers.

What is the advantage of using a board "buyer", what are they doing with the material? Has anyone sent there product to a refiner like Sabin, do you still need to sort materials when sending to a refiner? We started our business in January and have approx 6 Gaylords of motherboards, telecom and finger boards ready to ship. Our intention is to wait until we have a full truck load before we sell this material.



I guess what i'm asking is for some advice, assuming we have a minimum of 20 Gaylords where do we get our best bang for our buck?

Hello!
We are buyers here on the forum with a lot of refinery experience. Best bang for your buck is going to be in excess of 5,000,000 lbs a year.

A few questions I would have would be:
When you go to Walmart, do you try to buy your products direct to avoid Walmart, the middleman?
If not, why not?
What value does Walmart bring to the table?

Do you current work with a scrap yard?
Do you try to sell your steel direct to the mill?
If not, why not?
What value does the yard bring to the table?