I Got X.XX For Shred Today - Page 3

just amazing at half the price of a year or so ago. I was kinda shocked

Today 07/11/15 - .055 in Jacksonville FL

37 cents/lb for aluminum cans today .

Shredder is down a bit to $5.50 a hundred.

the South east is going down $20/T by the end of the month some of you are already seeing the drop others will see it soom

Shred was up $15/ton a month ago. Now it's back down $10/ton. They're paying $55/ton. Two yards say bright copper could go as low as $1.00/lb. but still around $2.00 yet. Northern Nebraska.

Back to the 1980s for Cu prices but still 2015 cost-of-living. That would be a drag I'd have to pack some 5 gallon buckets away at that price and forget in the corner for some years...

Originally Posted by DakotaRog

Back to the 1980s for Cu prices but still 2015 cost-of-living. That would be a drag I'd have to pack some 5 gallon buckets away at that price and forget in the corner for some years...

Already done. At least a couple hundred pounds of brass. I will toss the little bits and pieces into a bucket and let it build up into a fairly solid block of brass, then stick it away in a corner. I look at it like a little bank account.

.04 on 7/3/15 in Temple, PA

I went to the yard today, needed to get the load off my trailer. Waterbury CT -Albert Brothers
As of this morning

Light Iron - $50.00 gross ton- computer cases, appliances, lawn mowers, thin metals
#1 Steel - $90.00 gross ton- brake rotors, brake drums, thick steel parts, drive axels, drag links, pipe
Sheet Aluminum - .42 a lb
Stainless Steel(irony) .30 lb

bought in 1100 # mostly light and heavy steel a few lbs AL, Stainless only got $50.00 total
I am going to have to sit on my brass ( yes BRASS ) , copper till the price goes up .

We are at .04 a pound in SW MO. Just dropped a penny the past couple weeks. Most everything else is still manageable for now...

The lady at the desk said that they can ship steel to China, have it refined and produced and ship it back here as product for less than it takes to keep the entire process here...so that certainly isn't helping.

Big price differences here between yards. Last week, called 3 yards located with 40 minutes of my house. Light iron prices were 2.2, 3.5 and 4 cents a pound. Checked 2 of the big players and their prices at ther yards were 3 (sims new haven, ct) and 5.6 (
Weitsman / upstate shredding @port of albany).

Originally Posted by ozarksewaste

We are at .04 a pound in SW MO. Just dropped a penny the past couple weeks. Most everything else is still manageable for now...

The lady at the desk said that they can ship steel to China, have it refined and produced and ship it back here as product for less than it takes to keep the entire process here...so that certainly isn't helping.

EPA, Labor Laws and so much more here... Ship unloads Walmart and Target stock for the shelves here, fill it up with Americas used metal, paper and plastic discards. Take back to China. Then China sends it back as new products!

$.03 lb. Tucson AZ today

Top US Exports to China, 2012

(Source: US International Trade Commission via Congressional Research Service)

(Figures in US$ millions)

Oilseeds and grains: 16,546

Waste and scrap: 9,526

Aerospace products and parts: 8,367

Motor vehicles: 5,788

Navigational, measuring, electro-medical and controlling instruments: 5,153

Basic chemicals: 4,859

Resin, synthetic rubber, & artificial & synthetic fibers & filament: 4,716

Other agricultural products (mainly cotton): 4,278


Now to find 2014 numbers

115/Ton, Chicago South Side

Down to $95/ton today.