Scrap prices

[brightspark]

china has slowed down production so dont need as much http://www.tradingeconomics.com/china/imports-of-scrap-steel

 

[mcostello]

We will slow down buying.

 

[taxi ray]

Looking at the prices in that link, non-ferrous prices are still very good, although they have come down a bit, when I came out of the scrap industry in 2000, bright copper wire was not much more than £1000 a tonne, now it is about £3,300 so still a lot better.
The company had stopped buying lead batteries in about 1997, but even they are a decent price now.

I can remember when light iron was £4.00 a tonne, and no company would fetch it. Maybe it is just steel that is at low prices.

 

[davidjohnperry]

Hey guys its dyer out there scrap prices are horrendous at the moment light and heavy iron copper all scrap prices although I don't get bord prices its not much better its going the way where we will have to start charging to pick up cars again its all supply and demand and there's no demand. But generally it drops before Christmas but hey that's life we been through worse

 

[T0rnado69]

my nephew's girlfriend was calling around today to find out how much they give for scrapping a corsa.
was quoted about £45 a tonne..

 

[davidjohnperry]

Not bad price