I don't how it was down in the States but up here in 2009 we were getting close to $400 a ton for mixed tin. Now it is $265.00 not great better than last year when it was $185.00
Plus the yard I have been dealing with just bought the gravel yard next door which is huge.
So I think you are seeing something that they don't
The Scrap Yard is called AIM American Iron and Metal
They own a few yards all over the place.