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    Quote Originally Posted by Ewasted View Post
    More than likely it is an export product... I can give you a number if you are interested. Can help you decide what to do. Copper Market is Hot, I know alot of guys that don't even want to touch the stuff right now for fear in steep decline... but i guess that comes and goes!
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    we are interested in the motors, we can see them ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jesus View Post
    we are interested in the motors, we can see them ?
    Not unless you can travel way back in time about 3 1/2 years. Look right above the posters name and see the date and time posted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    Not unless you can travel way back in time about 3 1/2 years.
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    I might as well put this info in here..

    India hasn't a lot of money, and low wages.
    So they put a high import tax on 'new metals' because its probably a big investor or such with plenty of money and can afford the tax bill.


    But, they have low taxes on recycled metals. Like fridge compressors.
    Fridge compressors are made from Ali, Copper and Steel.
    If you export the scrap fridge compressors to India, they use low paid workers to seperate al this metal, then they melt it down and turn it into somethng else.

    By doing this the goverment makes thousands of jobs for unemployed workers.

    Food for thought. Thought for Food. Food for those.

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    For folks interested in some of the math offered above, electric motor pricing is based off an estimate of 12% copper recovery per average container (43000lbs-ish) load. This is based upon the assumption that a relatively small number will be motors with either aluminum windings or aluminum and copper windings. So your estimated average for normal size motors (over 2lbs, under 75lbs) is above 12% if the windings are just copper. It is not uncommon to find 20% recovery even. But the pricing is set upon the understanding that there will be low grade aluminum motors mixed in. For larger motors the prices are lower not because of the assumption of aluminum but because of the higher proportion of steel. So for large motors the average assumed recovery is closer to 9-10%. In practice it is higher but pricing will always be conservative.

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