Scrap Metal Prices & Sorting Scrap Metal into Grades

Scrap metal prices are different yard to yard, state to state & country to country but here's an update on current scrap metal prices here in Melbourne, Australia.

It's always best for new scrappers to first take along a sample of different items to your preferred scrap yard and find out exactly how they want scrap to be presented and what goes with what, so you can maximise your scrap value.

This is a list of the most regular scrap metal we as scrappers come across, there's a few tings left out like Lead, Tinned copper, high grade copper wire etc, for those items your best to check with your yard.

Pressing Steel - 15c Kg
Heavy Steel (HMS/Cast) - 27c Kg
Stainless Steel - $1.10 Kg

Lead Acid Batteries - 82c Kg

Irony Aluminium - 25c Kg
Irony Aluminium Radiators - 50c Kg
Domestic Aluminium - $1.00 Kg
Cast Aluminium - $1.20 Kg
Extruded Aluminium - $1.50 Kg

Aluminium Wheel (small with tyre) - $5.00 ea
Aluminium Wheel (large with tyre) - $12.00 ea

Motors/Transformers - 62c Kg
Insulated Copper Wire (Low Grade/With Plugs) - $1.10 Kg
Insulated Copper Wire (Mid Grade/No Plugs) - $2.10 Kg
Copper (Burnt) - $6.20 Kg
Copper (Candy) - $6.80 Kg
Copper (Millberry) - $7.00 Kg
Brass (Mixed) - $4.50 Kg

Keep scrapping & Have fun!

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