Alright, so a few questions..

 

I have two old car batteries, a 13" rim from a Mazda 323, an old pushbike and probably a few other pieces of metal laying around.. What kind of money would I get at a scrap metal recyclers?

 

I know they do it by the KG, but I cannot seem to find any definite prices..

three tenths of f@$k all.

 

scrap prices are not great currently.

Most places wouldn't waste time with less than a mixed tonne, or significant small quantities.

 

sorry bud.

 

you might get 80c for each battery, and about 200/tonne on steel. that's about 20c /kg

 

not worth driving it there...

according to a mate, scraps not good at the moment and everyones ditching their scrap at the moment cos price is going to get worse.

also many places have a minimum quantity before they actually give you any cash

copper on the other hand is worth scrapping!

 

my dad is a marine electrician, and he has a drum in the workshop where he throws all the excess wire in there.

 

every few months goes down to the scrap hard, gets a few bucks, maybe $30 each trip?

 

not bad for something that you would normall throw away.

 

you should give these guys a ring

 

http://www.southerncrossmetalrecyclers.com.au/index.html

 

get some real prices! you wont find prices on websites, because the prices are variable. so id say they change each day etc.

Edited July 27, 201016 yr by ke70dave

copper on the other hand is worth scrapping!

 

my dad is a marine electrician, and he has a drum in the workshop where he throws all the excess wire in there.

 

every few months goes down to the scrap hard, gets a few bucks, maybe $30 each trip?

 

Wow is that what it's gone down to? Ouch! 12-18months ago they were paying as much as $12 a kilo.

Alluminium is worth nothing now we were getting over $100 for 3 200ltr drums now it's hard to get people to even take it.

 

Stu.

I did a run on Friday, got 11c a kilo for pressed steel (car bodies)

 

2.10 a kilo for insulated copper wire aand about 3.50 a kilo for plain copper (radiator and heater cores)

 

 

not worth doing. :lolcry:

I remember about 10months ago, Sims metal here in adelaide were offering me $90/tonne (9c/Kg) for a car body.

 

Went elsewhere and got something like 14.5c/Kg. 80 something bucks for about 600kg.

 

Might pay to have a look around.

Here's a summary of the scrap metal prices per kg (AUD) from the provided page, noting that prices can vary:

Aluminium:

• Aluminium Scrap: $0.70 – $1.50

• Aluminium Cast: $1.00 – $1.10

• Aluminium Cuttings: $1.30 – $1.60

• Aluminium Domestic: $0.80 – $1.00

• Aluminium Extruded: $1.60 – $1.90

• Aluminium Wheels: $1.60 – $1.90

Brass:

• Brass Scrap: $3.50 – $6.00

• Brass – Clean: $6.00

• Brass – Contaminated: $3.00 – $4.50

Copper:

• Scrap Copper: $7.00 – $11.00

• Copper – Burnt/Tinned: $7.50 – $9.50

• Copper Candy: $10.00

• Copper Domestic: $6.00 – $8.00

• Copper Millberry: $10.50 – $11.00

• Insulated Scrap Copper Wire: $1.00 – $7.00 (Medium Grade: $3.00 – $5.00, Low Grade: $1.00 – $3.00)

• Insulated Copper Wires - Cable: $2.00 – $7.00

• Scrap Cable Prices: $2.00 – $7.00

Lead:

• Lead Scrap: $1.00 – $1.50

• Lead – Clean: $1.10 – $1.50

• Lead – Acid Batteries: $0.30 – $0.40

Steel:

• Scrap Stainless Steel: $0.75 – $2.00

• Scrap Normal Steel: $0.13

• Stainless Steel 304 Grade: $0.70 – $1.10

• Stainless Steel 316: $1.40 – $1.70

• Steel – Heavy Oversize/Oxycut: $0.10 – $0.25

• Steel – Pressing/Light Gauge: $0.17 – $0.24

• Steel – Cars: $0.17 – $0.24

• Steel – Heavy: $0.25 – $0.34

• Steel – Heavy Insize: $0.26 – $0.36

Other:

• Aircon Unit Scraps: $0.25 – $0.40

• Batteries Scrap: $0.30 – $0.60

As prices can vary based on quantity, grade, and market demand contact VIC Star Metals for latest scrap metal prices in Melbourne.

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