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For factories

Industrial scrap metal collection for factories.

A production line makes the same offcut every shift. That predictability is exactly what makes a factory the best scrap arrangement there is: a known grade, a known volume and a bin exchange that runs without anyone having to think about it.

  • Scheduled exchange
  • Single-grade bins
  • Plant decommissioning
  • Standing rate
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Industrial scrap is a logistics problem before it is a metal problem. The metal is usually clean and consistent. What goes wrong is bins in the wrong place, collections that do not come when they said they would, and a production area that stops working because a full bin is in the way of a forklift.

What we handle

  • Production offcuts and drops. Plate skeletons, punchings, extrusion ends, trim, sprue.
  • Swarf and turnings. By grade, in dedicated bins.
  • Stainless, brass and copper. The grades where keeping them separate pays for the extra bin several times over.
  • Baled and loose steel. Including banding, strapping and offcut bundles.
  • Cable and electrical. Panel wiring, motors, drives, transformers, busbar.
  • End of life plant. Machines, conveyors, tanks, frames, pipework.
  • Full decommissioning. When a line comes out or a site closes.

Rates

MetalPrice per kg
Copper (clean/bare)$14.00 to $18.00
Brass$7.50 to $12.00
Insulated / wire & cable$4.60 to $9.50
Aluminium$0.90 to $3.00
Stainless steel$0.45 to $0.90
Electric motors$1.20 to $1.50
Compressors (black)$1.00 to $1.20
Radiators (copper & brass)$7.00 to $9.00

Indicative rates, the same ones on the home page. Metal markets move every week, so ring 0435 805 124 for the exact figure before you load up.

For a factory the rate matters less than consistency. If you are producing a known tonnage of a known grade, we will quote a standing rate against it and tell you openly when the market has moved rather than adjusting dockets quietly.

Scheduled exchange, not phone calls

The whole point of an industrial arrangement is that nobody at your end has to remember anything. We work out how fast each bin fills, set the exchange cycle to match, and swap full for empty on the same day each cycle. If production ramps up, tell us and the cycle changes. A bin that overflows is our scheduling failure, not your problem to chase.

Decommissioning and site closures

When a line comes out, the metal is only part of the job. There is sequence, access, lifting and a deadline, usually tied to a lease. Ring early with what is coming out and when the site has to be clear. The earlier that conversation happens, the more of the value ends up with you instead of being eaten by rushing it.

How it starts

  1. A look at what you produce, the grades, and the volume per week.
  2. Bin sizing and placement, by grade, around how the floor actually works.
  3. An exchange schedule set to the fill rate, not to a generic cycle.
  4. Weights recorded by grade every exchange.
  5. Payment to the business on a regular cycle, with a statement you can reconcile.

Related

Questions we get asked

Can you work to a purchase order and invoice cycle?

Yes. Weights by grade each collection and a regular statement, paid by EFT.

Can we have several bins for different grades?

Yes, and for most factories that is where the money is. One mixed bin gets paid at the rate of the cheapest thing in it.

What if our volume changes month to month?

Tell us and the schedule changes. A bin that overflows because the cycle was wrong is our problem to fix.

Do you handle a full site decommission?

Yes, with enough notice. Ring with what is coming out and the date the site must be clear.

Want the bins and the schedule sorted properly?

Tell us what the line produces and how fast. We will size the bins, set the cycle and quote the rate.

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