The high price of gold has been falling recently

Purchase prices for scrap lead battery may fall

As the price of lead faling, the price of scrap battery may also decrease. At the beginning of January 2022 the price of lead on metal exchanges was about $ 2,300 per ton and on February 04 the price was already 3-4% lower and was about $ 2,220 per ton. As the purchase price of scrap lead batteries depends largely on the price of lead, it is likely that the price of scrap batteries will also decrease. According to the website scraprice.com the highest purchase prices of scrap lead battery of 2022 January were in Belarus. On January 4 this year, the price of scrap batteries in Belarus was amounted to € 1.02 per kilogram. Another country where scrap batteries can be sold at a high price

Such high scrap prices have never been before

Since the beginning of 2022, the price of scrap metal has risen by about 30% and in April may have reached an all-time high. There has never been such an expensive scrap metal. The price of scrap metal today (2022.04.06) reached 590 Eur / kg and more. The highest price of scrap metal according to the website scraprice.com is in Turkey. It would be logical to conclude that with such a high price of scrap metal, metal factories will sharply increase the prices of their production and all metal products will become more expensive as well. We will see in the near future whether the purchase prices for scrap metal will increase further or have already reached the upper

Scrap aluminum prices going up

The price of aluminum scrap is rising. In 2022, until January 18, the price of aluminum on metal exchanges increased. In the first days of January, the price of aluminum was about $ 2,800 per ton, and on January 18, the price of aluminum reached $ 3,000 per ton. It can be said that this year, in 3 weeks the price of aluminum increased by about 7-8%. During this period, the purchase prices of aluminum scrap increased accordingly in various countries. There are many types of aluminum scrap, so the prices of aluminum scrap are different.  According to the website scraprice.com, on January 19, 2022, the highest price of aluminum scrap was in Poland - up to 2,600 Euros per kilogram. That was the price for scrap electrical aluminum. Electrotechnical aluminum contains more than 99% aluminum, so the price of such aluminum scrap is high

Scrap copper prices going up

Purchase prices for copper scrap are rising. During January 2022 (until January 26), the price of copper on metal exchanges increased by 2-3%. In the first days of the month, the price of copper was $ 9,700 per ton, and on January 26, the price of copper was $ 9,960 per ton. As the price of copper rose on metal exchanges, so did the purchase prices of copper scrap in various countries. According to the website scraprice.com, the highest price of copper for January 27, 2022 was in Japan - up to 8000 Eur per tonne. Purchase prices for copper scrap vary from country to country and depend mainly on the price of copper on metal exchanges. The price of copper scrap also depends on the buyer's pricing policy, so the same type of copper scrap can be bought at a higher price in one place and at a lower price in another. Copper scrap is

Scrap stainless steel prices going up because price of nickel is rising

Stainless steel scrap prices are rising