scrap alloy whats it worth
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alright all have got a old engine block and head x2 and gearbox casing all alloy , cleaned from when was going to rebuild a engine so theres no valves or nothing in the heads etc block is bare also crank pistons etc removed as it was when came back from machine shop
whats it worth at the scrap yard anyone no
at a guess theres probley about 70kg-100kg
whats it worth at the scrap yard anyone no
at a guess theres probley about 70kg-100kg
Edited by wizzbilly on Tuesday 26th August 13:10
Edited by wizzbilly on Tuesday 26th August 13:20
It's always easy to say this after the event but I missed the post earlier.
Anyway you should have hung onto into till end of Sept early Oct', scrap prices have bombed in the last six weeks while new material prices have continued to climb, the reason being that all bar one of the mills in Europe go onto a summer shutdown, the scrappies stock pile it until they re open again but drop the buy in prices as they really don't want it right now. Prices will go back up (like double) when the mills get back upto speed and the backlog clears down.
Anyway you should have hung onto into till end of Sept early Oct', scrap prices have bombed in the last six weeks while new material prices have continued to climb, the reason being that all bar one of the mills in Europe go onto a summer shutdown, the scrappies stock pile it until they re open again but drop the buy in prices as they really don't want it right now. Prices will go back up (like double) when the mills get back upto speed and the backlog clears down.
yep complete and absolute nonsense, the average of 4-5 tonnes of steel and a tonne each of ali' and st/st that I scrap each month means that I know fook all about what i'm talking about, prices will not be going back up again late next month and are currently at an all time high, go weigh it in right now. 
Early last month I was getting £380/ tonne for iron last week the rate was £260 I actually get
my weekly fax on a thursday for Friday collection but am expecting low 200's this week, currently sitting on circa 8 tonnes. Its always the same in the third quarter, every year.
Early last month I was getting £380/ tonne for iron last week the rate was £260 I actually get
my weekly fax on a thursday for Friday collection but am expecting low 200's this week, currently sitting on circa 8 tonnes. Its always the same in the third quarter, every year.
mel said:
yep complete and absolute nonsense, the average of 4-5 tonnes of steel and a tonne each of ali' and st/st that I scrap each month means that I know fook all about what i'm talking about, prices will not be going back up again late next month and are currently at an all time high, go weigh it in right now.
You can't say that! He's a design engineer, and knows much of which he speaks. 7 tonnes a month? What do you know?This is one post i'm actualy qualified to reply to. If you're ally was clean ie free of steel you should have got circa £700 per tonne (70p per kilo) that is what we are paying today.The august shut down story is very true and steel prices have plummeted over the last 5-6 weeks.as for mel getting £360 per tonne for his 5 or so tonnes hmmm i can't see it. We send out over 1000 tonnes weekly and even at the peak in june it was not even close to that.
Hope this helps
Martin
Hope this helps
Martin
Edited by martin thomas on Tuesday 26th August 20:08
mel said:
yep complete and absolute nonsense, the average of 4-5 tonnes of steel and a tonne each of ali' and st/st that I scrap each month means that I know fook all about what i'm talking about, prices will not be going back up again late next month and are currently at an all time high, go weigh it in right now.
Early last month I was getting £380/ tonne for iron last week the rate was £260 I actually get
my weekly fax on a thursday for Friday collection but am expecting low 200's this week, currently sitting on circa 8 tonnes. Its always the same in the third quarter, every year.
i didn't say your prices were nonsense mel. i was saying that the eu steel mills shutting down thing was nonsense. they aren't. Early last month I was getting £380/ tonne for iron last week the rate was £260 I actually get
my weekly fax on a thursday for Friday collection but am expecting low 200's this week, currently sitting on circa 8 tonnes. Its always the same in the third quarter, every year.
8t may seem like much to you but where i work we produce over 70,000t a week.
even getting £200/t for a load of radiators i threw out was a good deal for me. £80 for complete junk, yet paid for a good night out
For those gents in the industry fom a gent whose work life is driven largely by metal pricing and attempting to prevent the huge costs it's impact is having on our business, can I ask you a question ?
When we scrap, through authorised sites, such as EMR and Simms why is it that EMR is always able to offer a significantly higher price for stainless steel than the others ?
Economics suggest it should drive there to be a single price otherwise there 'cash on the table' for the other 2 suppliers ?
When we scrap, through authorised sites, such as EMR and Simms why is it that EMR is always able to offer a significantly higher price for stainless steel than the others ?
Economics suggest it should drive there to be a single price otherwise there 'cash on the table' for the other 2 suppliers ?
Edited by Johno on Wednesday 27th August 18:41
shirt said:
mel said:
yep complete and absolute nonsense, the average of 4-5 tonnes of steel and a tonne each of ali' and st/st that I scrap each month means that I know fook all about what i'm talking about, prices will not be going back up again late next month and are currently at an all time high, go weigh it in right now.
Early last month I was getting £380/ tonne for iron last week the rate was £260 I actually get
my weekly fax on a thursday for Friday collection but am expecting low 200's this week, currently sitting on circa 8 tonnes. Its always the same in the third quarter, every year.
i didn't say your prices were nonsense mel. i was saying that the eu steel mills shutting down thing was nonsense. they aren't. Early last month I was getting £380/ tonne for iron last week the rate was £260 I actually get
my weekly fax on a thursday for Friday collection but am expecting low 200's this week, currently sitting on circa 8 tonnes. Its always the same in the third quarter, every year.
Johno
EMR is a very ruthless company when it comes to pricing e3specialy for steel. I think they have to be to make up for the piss poor service they provide. We have picked up some major clients over the years from emr because they keep the customer waiting for ever when it comes to bin collections, Also there seems to be no personal aproach. It's strange that you mention they are better on price for stainless steel as i know who they sell to as i sell to the same people.
I find i can usualy do better than them on most non ferrous prices.are sims quoting like for like ie 316ss compared to 18/8??
EMR is a very ruthless company when it comes to pricing e3specialy for steel. I think they have to be to make up for the piss poor service they provide. We have picked up some major clients over the years from emr because they keep the customer waiting for ever when it comes to bin collections, Also there seems to be no personal aproach. It's strange that you mention they are better on price for stainless steel as i know who they sell to as i sell to the same people.
I find i can usualy do better than them on most non ferrous prices.are sims quoting like for like ie 316ss compared to 18/8??
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