Scrap prices

[TJC1]

Does any know the value of scrap copper at the moment? Want to know roughly how much a black bag full of twin and earth would be?

 

[high voltage]

Just about the same as a green bag

 

[haptism]

Last time I took in a bag of T&E (about a year ago) I got £10

 

[buzzlightyear]

I can remember a few years back had a couple of calls ,they said we are doing a sculpture have you got any scrap cables ,yes thanks .

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Strip off the outer sheath, you’ll get a better price.

 

[Baddegg]

My labourer got £56 for two bags last week...

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I got £188.38 in July 2017 for 92 kilos.
They were paying £3,400 for heavy copper, £3,100 for No. 2 copper wire, £1,280 for VIR household cable and £800 for low grade cable.
I assume the price is for a metric tonne.

I then got another £90 for 60 kilos of singles from another dealer, in November.

 

[buzzlightyear]

My labourer got £56 for do two bags last week

lol. now .

 

[rolyberkin]

Today I got.

Heavy cooper tube £3300 Metric Tonne
Unstripped T&E £1060 Metric Tonne
Sorted cable No 2 (Singles) £1400 Metric Tonne

Equated to £43 for a rubble sack of T&E, 1/3 sack of singles and 1/4 sack of busbars, stripped cable and odds and sods of pure copper.

Lad there said cable prices are quite low at the moment and up and down.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

December last year, I got £295 for 158 kilos of singles from the first dealers I used.
Price was £1,870 per tonne.
Not sure if that’s up or down from before, as they haven’t described it as anything other than singles.

 

[multimick]

about a £1 a kilo for twin and earth in southport

 

[GBDamo]

£1.00 a kilo for general mixed cables seems par for the course.

Stripping improves this but is not cost effective, unless you have cheap labour.

 

[high voltage]

Does anyone think the time and effort it takes to strip t&e is worth it it or are you just better selling with sheath on I have about half a tonne in my back yard and it is getting unsightly and can’t find the time to strip it anymore

 

[Dustydazzler]

If I take out any reasonable lengths of old coloured singles , swa or t&e it goes straight on ebay

I even keep some old empty cable rolls and coil the swa cable back on it if a long length of say 10-15m

I recently took out a load of 4mm red/black t@e from a house and git over £50 for all the lengths as a job lot on eBay

 

[Midwest]

Of course, you all have the appropriate waste licenses