whats copper going for in your area? at my local yard in nj its going for $2.98 a pound
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whats copper going for in your area? at my local yard in nj its going for $2.98 a pound
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The yard I go to pays out about %70 to %75 of spot price for #2.
I figure in percentages because the market changes every few minutes!
EDIT to explain; I don't go to the yard to often, I collect and stockpile untill the price is right. Instead of calling the yard all the time I took my past bills and came up with my %.
Last edited by injunjoe; 10-12-2011 at 06:23 PM.
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I stopped in to buy some steel for a weld project in the SF Bay Area. Thought to ask on scrap pricing. Alco quoted me $1.60 lb for copper and 50 cents a lb for 700lbs of 5052 aluminum. Said if my AL was less than 700lb price would be much less. Then they wanted to sell me Al plate drops for $3.25 lb. Ridiculous.
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Hell i just sold 8000lbs of #2 insulated for $1.80...lolOriginally Posted by korrosive
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Guess Im lucky, my local scrap yard has a running ad in the local news paper, always has the prices he is paying so there are no surprises. They are a very good company and has always treated me well. The above picture was a screen shop of the paper from today.
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Our copper dropped from NZ$6.70 to NZ$6.20 Domestic.
Not bad considering Coppers $ dropped & our NZ$ vs US$ is bouncing around like a kid on a trampoline.
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Anybody see what copper and aluminum prices are doing right now? Makes me happy I sold what I had yesterday
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Prices started to drop here as well...
#2 CU $2.20 lb Down from a high of $3.30 in July
CU/Alu raidator $1.45 lb down from a high of $1.55 in Aug
#2 ins wire .90 lb down from a high of $1.20 in Feb
Elect motors .25 lb down from a high of .30 in Aug
Compressors .12 lb down from a high of .15 lb in Aug
Prices are in So. AZ
On a side note sheet iron / steel is still around .10 - .11 a pound...
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Prices on most all metals are taking a hit today. Last week looked like copper was gaining but as you can see slid back again.
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Yes prices are dropping..
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I've converted my recent price that I got from a yard today into $ from £ and from kg to lbs and they come up as follows:
al cast $0.50
al extrusion $0.56
copper #1 $2.51
copper#2 $2.44
brass $1.72
short heavy steel $0.13
light steel/tin $0.10
cast iron $0.15
I forgot to ask about SS and insulated wire. Looks like they give an ok price on the copper stuff but it seems low for the heavy steel/cast iron and extruded aluminium to me? Has anyone else got any figures for UK prices?
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Thanks for taking the time to convert all your figures for us westerners.
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NZ copper just went up a bit, from NZ$6.20 to NZ$6.90 a Kg. for domestic. 21/Oct/2011
US$5.52Kg or US$2.50Lb
Today, 25/Oct/2011 Up to NZ$7.40 Kg !!
Wow thats a jump, I thought it said $6.40 when I got the money....
Last edited by eesakiwi; 10-24-2011 at 11:05 PM.
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Here in western NY, I was paid $3.00lb. for Bright & Shiny. #2 copper was $2.80lb. I was somewhat disappointed because I thought #1 copper was going for $3.55 lb.
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theres the key word....was
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