[TheForge] Scrap steel prices

[terry l. ridder]

hello;


On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Ron Childers wrote:

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> I just sent several tons of heavy scrap to the salvage yard- Useless stuff
> like cutting drops and old parts- nothing useable. Prices are way down from
> just a couple of weeks ago. Also took a hit on 660# of aluminum and copper
> was really low. Anybody know why? A few months ago the copper fascia was
> stolen off the building across the alley and all of a friend's welding leads
> were stolen out of his shop. Prices were high enough to take the risk. Maybe
> now is the time to buy rather than sell.
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deklab iron and metal ( dimco ) no longer allows looking for useable
scrap in the yards. nothing. no scourging for metal.

i asked about copper prices, that i had 780 lbs in 5 lb ingots, was
told that i would only get $1.72 usd per lb.

i asked about the aluminum prices, that i have 600 lbs in hard drive
cases. was told that i get $1.39 usd per lb.

i told them that i would wait to sell the copper and aluminum.

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> Ron C
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