Scrap prices

John wrote in another thread..


My local scrappy is having a hard time, very little material is coming in. However that is good for me! The other day I came away with 6 feet of 60 x 25mm alu bar plus some odd plate plus 28kg of brass square and rectangular bar for £30. Today a brass bar end 65od x 90 plus 3 pieces of Al toolplate (30 x 140 x 400) plus 4m of mixed Al bar 10 - 30 dia All for £15 I did see some 7" diameter by 1" thick brass disks at £5 each but I have already turned my flywheel so let them go <G> Actally went looking for some Al to turn up a carburettor float bowl but saw nothing close to size. Did buy (in the £15 lot) some 42 and 53mm copper tube so will turn some ends and fabricate out of that. (The old float bowl (ex generator) is rusted through.)
Richard
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Richard Edwards wrote:

According to http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/metalsPrices.jsp light iron has gone back up from £10/ton in November to £45. Still a long way short of last summer's prices, but let's hope we're away from the days of scrappies charging more for "environmental disposal charges" than they'll pay for a car. "Thanks for the car, sir, that'll be £15" (Sims, Derby, a few weeks ago).
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Useful site. I notice non-ferrous metal prices have declined (or remained static) though.
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