Scrap Metal Prices and Scrap Metal Auctions

Gold prices eased in European trade Thursday as dollar recovered from early losses amid a rally in equities.
Bullion for immediate delivery was at $888.97 during late morning trade while June was at $889.30 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange’s Comex division.
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U.S. scrap export prices up slightly in April -  U.S. scrap export market has increased slightly in April compared to that in March.
Current scrap export price hit C&F US$250/ton, but Turkey’s latest purchasing price was C&F US$240~245/ton.
Meanwhile, H1 and H2 (80:20) mixed scrap prices reached C&F US$265/ton(Vietnam), C&F US$245/ton(Korea) and C&F US$240/ton (Taiwan).
With Japan and [...]

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What’s driving copper to its recent high of $2.20 a pound? If demand is down, how is it possible that the price of copper went up 40% to 50% within the last three months alone? “We’re playing by a different set of rules now,” says Gianni Kovacevic, corporate development strategist at Global Opportunities AG. In [...]

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Today’s Aluminum Pricing Information
Based on today’s London Metal Exchange market, the retail price for used beverage cans is around $.35 per pound. The day’s wholesale price for mills is around $.50 per pound. The retail price refers to the amount charged to store customers, such as at a scrap metal buy-back center. The wholesale price [...]

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Auction of 104 lots consisting of various computer and electronic scrap ends April 27 at 5pm EST. 
Event 7134 has 104 lots consisting of computers, plotters, monitors, peripherals, copiers, scanners, keyboads, mouses and other electronic and computer scrap items.
To bid on this as well as other equipment and scrap metal auctions go to Government Surplus Scrap [...]

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Japanese H2 scrap average prices up.
During the third week of April, the average price of H2 scrap in Japanese Kanto region, middle part and Kansai region was ￥19,477/ton, up by ￥1,411/ton from previous week.
The H2 scrap price in Kanto region increased by ￥2,000/ton to ￥21,250/ton from previous week, and the price soared ￥900/ton to ￥18,280/ton [...]

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The first full year of steel trading on the London Metal Exchange has been very successful, according to Martin Abbott, chief executive of the exchange.
“The LME steel price has quickly become an integral part of the steel industry and has begun to be referenced in physical scrap and reinforcement bar transactions,” said Abbott. “The impact [...]

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