Scrap

A solid copper ground rod scraps for $32-$50; the copper-bonded steel rod that looks identical brings $0.58. One magnet tells you which one you have.

Clean copper/aluminum AC coil pays $1.55-$3.02 per pound, dirty $1.70, all-aluminum $0.25-$0.75. Why stripping fins loses money – the math per grade.

Circuit boards pay $0.10 per pound for brown boards to $90 for gold fingers. Every grade, component values, and why home gold recovery loses money.

Silver plate scraps at just $0.25-$1.00 per pound – 75 lb of flatware holds one ounce of silver. The melt math, EPNS marks and when resale beats scrap.

Yellow brass averages $2.14 per pound, red brass and bronze run $2.43-$4.92. Every brass grade, why quotes differ by a dollar, and how to grade up.

Lead trades at $0.86 per pound on the LME while yards pay $0.44-$0.45 for soft lead and $0.19 for batteries. Every grade, region and the safety rules.

Inconel scrap pays $2.00-$6.50 per pound for clean sorted solids, up to $8 certified. Grade-by-grade nickel content, forms and where to actually sell it.

Clean magnesium scrap pays $0.30-$0.35 per pound, dirty drops to $0.04. Grades, the thin buyer market, ingot benchmarks and the fire rules that matter.

Alter Trading publishes no price list – every quote is local. How Alter prices scrap across its yards and the regional benchmarks to check before you sell.

Unsorted mixed loads pay roughly $100-$200 per ton while sorted grades pay multiples more. How yards grade mixed scrap and what an hour of sorting is worth.

What brake rotors really pay per pound, weights by vehicle, and the aluminum-hat and carbon-ceramic exceptions.

Motorhome converter values by chassis, why torpedo units pay best, and what a genset catalyst is really worth.

Class 8 aftertreatment values by section, and why a good DPF is worth far more as a reman core than as scrap.

Ram converter values by engine, with published Cummins part numbers and why the DPF pays a tenth of the converter.

Cherokee converter values from XJ to KL, and why substrate matters more than model year.