I took a little in to my non-ferrous guy yesterday. They're just a bit away from where I can get rid of an occasonal crt for free so I try to double up on things. The trip is 16 miles around trip although I usually head to work after stopping at the non-ferrous place. I drive right by the newer second steel yard in my metro (both steel yards owned by the same company). I just don't like them that much...
Anyway my breakdown:
Alum cans 42 cents a pound. Better than in the 30s but I think I'll save more up and hopefully they break half a buck sometime before the wifey complains about the garage.
"Clean" Alum @ 35 cents a pound. They used to break things down between cast and "clean" (which I had done) but I guess not any more. I still have my extruded Alum heat sinks. They store nicely in 5 gallon buckets. I'd like to see them in the 50s again.
yellow brass @ $1.10 a pound. This has stayed pretty steady and I had a big thrift store multi-candle thingy that was bugging me in my office at home so went it along with some smaller brothers we had.
and my last item was a head of a cement float I had found some where. I had never sold anything magnesium before and got 25 cents a pound for it even with some still lingering "crust" on it.
Maybe some copper next time...
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