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KR74868
Any suggestions as to how to find such places? Are any of them in the US? What kind of a quantity would be needed to get such a price?
The price I got at the time was from people in the US. I think Gustavus mentioned getting that price amongst others. I weighed some pairs of brackets and they came in at 50-70g for the older ones giving the largest at 70g a value of $1.08 per pair. I haven't taken any brackets in as permalloy or Mu-metal scrap myself but it's usage and the fact that they are getting smaller and thinner with newer hard drives suggests strongly they hold value. If nickel goes back to its old highs the brackets will be worth triple what they are now.
I have also been saving the neodynium magnets with a neodynium price of about $160/kg and roughly 30g per pair for the larger older ones gives them a value of $4.80 per pair scrap value. I have no idea where you might sell them however but suspect that in time there will be somewhere. Neodynium bubbled at $480/kg last august (giving the magnets a scrap value of $14.40 per pair) but considering it started at $6/kg in 2008 that kind of whups silver and golds ass in price increase. I will save mine and see what the future brings.
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