Oh they went down for sure, but now there coming back up again check out kitco.com it list historical and current spot prices for many kinds of metals for free. 2-3 months ago I was getting about .65 for Alum and 3.30 for copper last month it was down to .45 for alum and 2.30 for copper, thankfully its going back up now currently .55 for alum and 2.50 for copper. Thats alum cans and copper #2 btw for #1 I always get about .25 - .30 more than #2