Auto and parts businesses have the opposite problem to a heavy industrial yard. The scrap is not bulky, it is valuable and small, which means it does not demand attention until there is six months of it in a corner.
What comes out of this corridor
- Workshops and service centres. Radiators, alternators, starters, batteries, exhausts, brake rotors.
- Wreckers and parts businesses. Engine cases, gearboxes, alloy wheels, loom offcuts.
- Tyre and wheel shops. Alloy wheels and steel rims.
- Wholesalers and distributors. Steel racking, banding, damaged stock, packaging frames.
- Light industrial units. Offcuts, dead machinery, electrical gear.
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.
The item worth getting right here is radiators. Copper and brass radiators pay several times what an aluminium one does, and the two look similar enough from across a workshop that mixing them is normal. We weigh them separately in front of you.
How a run works here
- Ring with the workshop address and roughly what comes off a month.
- We leave a bin for steel and a crate for the valuable parts.
- Parts go in as they come off the car.
- Monthly run, or ring when the crate is full.
- Weighed by type, paid to the business.