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    Quote Originally Posted by azgard View Post
    why do they pay so little for it. copper is over $3lb and nickel is over $7 lb. and the piece i got is about 60 percent copper.
    Alloyed metals must be separated prior to being recycled and used by industry. The separation of alloys can be expensive depending on the alloy. Because of this, lower prices are paid for alloyed metals than metals that are already almost pure-pure.

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