This year has already been a trying year for anyone in the scrap market whether its scrap metals, plastics, paper, electronics, etc. It seems some pricing has held steady and may continue to do so whereas other pricing seems to drop each day. Just recently chinese steel companies initiated price cuts starting in April 2009. Right now the steel industry and steel scrap seems to not be close to any type of recovery.
What are your thoughts? Where do you think prices of scrap metals or others (paper, plastic, etc.) will go to. What is your prediction for 2010?
Prices for compuer and e scrap below are shown LTL, TL.
Scrap Whole Computers 62.50 125.00 ton USD Scrap CPU Units 68.75 137.50 ton USD Scrap Drives 56.25 112.50 ton USD Scrap Keyboards 15.62 31.25 ton USD Scrap Printers 21.88 43.75 ton USD Scrap Scanners 18.75 37.50 ton USD Magnetic Tape Media Waste 40.00 80.00 ton USD
Spot market prices for brass and bronze are based on current spot market prices as of March 26 2009. Prices shown are less then truck load and truck load
Auction Event 4060 - general surplus auction ends March 24, 2009. Auction consists of 122 lots of various surplus items including electrical power cable, metallic tubes, valves, KECO air conditioners, motor controllers, pumps, gen sets and more.
China imported 693,000 tons of scrap in January, increased by 2.6 times compared to the same period of last year.
America ranked the first largest exporter to China at 260,000 tons, up by 5.8 times compared to the same period of last year. Japan ranked the second at 197,000 tons, up by 8.3 times compared to the same period of last year.
Besides, Australia occupied 63,000 tons, Hong Kong 52,000 tons, Korea 28,000 tons, and Spain 20,000 tons.
Upcoming large military auctions of scrap metal includes event 7084 - for Demil BQ National Scrap Metals - numerous lots consisting of brass, aluminum and steel. The auction ends March 10 at 5pm.
Example lots include:
42,230 lbs approx. of high temp alloy 41,640 lbs approx of fired brass 41,080 lbs approx of fired brass of various cal. 41,040 lbs approx of fired brass of various cal. To bid on these Government Surplus Scrap Metal Go Here!
Several large military surplus auctions are currently b idding via online auction which ends on March 10, 2009. The auction event is 4085, Items up for sale include containers, storage containers, forklift loading ramps, portable compressors, valves, shelters, sewing machines, prressure washers, floor sweepers and more