Where to look for copper scrap metal. Where and how to find copper Where to find copper scrap

Many scrap metal collection points will gladly accept your copper scrap. exceeds the cost of ferrous metals, so you can make good money by selling unnecessary copper products, parts and other equipment containing copper and its alloys - brass or bronze.

What old appliances might contain copper?

An old tube TV can yield about one and a half kilograms of copper. All the copper goes to the transformer, inductor and mounting wires. There is practically no aluminum in old TVs.

A CRT TV based on semiconductors does not have a large amount of copper (no more than 400-500 grams). But it contains expensive resistors and capacitors that can be assembled by an experienced assembler.

A true find for professional scrap metal collectors is an old Soviet refrigerator. Recently, they are often thrown away due to the inability to carry out repairs and the lack of spare parts for them. The refrigerator motor alone can contain up to three kilograms of pure copper. Often, refrigerator cooling tubes are also made of copper or other expensive alloys. Freezing chambers of two-chamber Soviet refrigerators will bring scrap metal collectors a kilogram of pure aluminum or even more stainless steel

Copper for scrap metal can also be found:

in transformers;
starters;
relay;
magnetic starters;
fittings of fluorescent lamps.

The price of copper depends on its purity and the percentage of copper in the product - the higher the amount of copper contained in its alloy, the higher the price will be. Since impurities reduce the electrical conductivity of copper (arsenic and antimony reduce the electrical and thermal conductivity of copper the most), in the production of current conductors the purest specialized grades of copper are usually used: “M00k” - cathode copper, “M00b” - oxygen-free copper, it contains no more than 0.001% impurities. This type of copper is used for the manufacture of transformers, refrigerators, office equipment, and cables with high flux intensity.

How to collect copper correctly?

To optimize the collection of scrap metal, it is necessary to develop an algorithm for collecting devices containing copper, organize their delivery to the dismantling site, organize the disassembly itself, and deliver the copper to the scrap metal collection point. Copper scrap can often be found at construction sites, landfills, and abandoned transformer boxes. You can disassemble and store copper in the garage. Although it is possible to obtain copper at the location of a certain equipment or item, to do this you will need to constantly have the necessary tools with you, so this option is appropriate for people with vehicles.

Getting copper to sell for scrap is still half the battle. It is also important to sell it profitably. Please note that non-ferrous scrap prices fluctuate greatly throughout the year. Copper prices usually fall in the summer, so it's best to save your mined copper until the winter and wait for its value to rise.

Please note that even with the current level of development of scientific and technological progress, there is no worthy replacement for copper, and in the future its price will only increase. It is also necessary to take into account that the reserves of copper ore in the world are decreasing, which means copper scrap price will rise.

Copper scrap price per kg in Moscow	wholesale	retail
Copper Mix is not graded	360	350
Copper Mix tinned	320	300
Lump copper from 3 mm. not el.tech. "D"	365	360
Copper Varietal burnt from 0.5 mm “F”	365	360
Copper Electrical copper shiny from 0.5 mm “A”	370	360
Electrical copper busbar “G”	365	360
Copper shavings	300	279
Copper radiators	200	180
Copper rod "K"	360	350
Copper rod "K"	360	350
SCRAP Enamel wire from 0.5 mm.	355	350

At the LomTsvetmet company you can profitably sell non-ferrous scrap metal in any quantity on an ongoing basis. We have set high purchase prices for raw materials containing non-ferrous metals, organized their clear, well-coordinated delivery and acceptance, and drawn up a full package of documentation for the delivery and acceptance of scrap metal. It is possible to remove scrap with loading from the customer's site. Look at the price table to see hand over copper scrap profitable.

Where is copper found?

Due to the high content and prevalence of raw materials in the earth's crust, fairly simple methods of mining, processing and obtaining copper, useful operational properties and characteristics, copper alloys have become widespread in human economic activity. They can be found in products:

electrical cables, wires, wire;
electric generators;
radio components;
pipelines;
heat exchangers;
industrial vessels, containers;
household goods.

Types of copper alloys

Man has found recipes and is actively using many copper compounds, which make it possible to obtain specified properties for use in specific areas of the economy and manufacturing of products. The following elements are used as components:

zinc - to produce brass;
tin - for the production of bronze;
nickel.

In addition to the main elements, aluminum, manganese, lead, silicon, beryllium, phosphorus and other materials are also added to the alloys in various proportions.

Depending on the ratio of the content of the main and additional elements, many grades of bronze, brass and other compounds are obtained.

Types of copper scrap

Scrap metal gets to procurement points by delivery, most often:

depreciation scrap of spent components, parts, cables, products;
warehouse balances and illiquid assets;
defective and substandard products;
waste production;
casting waste.

Collection points willingly accept scrap metal, which can be found in the following products:

copper wire (marking M0, M1, M00);
lump and casting waste of pure metal;
unalloyed pure wire;
waste with soldering, traces of tinning;
mixed parts of refrigeration units, coils;
pieces of wire in insulation, coated with varnish, enamel, fiberglass, paper;
untinned copper chips;
waste in the form of shavings;
parts of electric motors: windings, stators, rotors, undivided units;
slags, furnace goats, scraps, ash and other metallurgical waste;
pieces of uncleaned cable, wire;
other low-quality mixed scrap.

Where is it profitable to sell copper?

The LomTsvetmet enterprise (Moscow) offers clients favorable conditions for the delivery of scrap metal:

high competitive purchasing price for scrap metal;
bonuses and individual conditions for regular and wholesale customers;
delivery by exact weight, with fair assessment;
availability of necessary loading and vehicle equipment, special devices;
efficiency and safety of work;
instant payment in a form convenient for the client;
possibility of removing scrap metal from the customer’s territory.

With us you can always hand over waste and illiquid scrap metal in Moscow at an expensive, fast and hassle-free rate.

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There are also many other completely legal ways and places to get scrap metal. For example, the development of metallurgy in Soviet times produced many tons of waste or defective metal, both ferrous and non-ferrous. Non-ferrous metal, by the way, has a price from 30,000 to 220,000 rub. per ton. And all such waste was transported to specialized landfills for temporary storage, where they arrive this day.

To know where to look for scrap metallurgical waste materials, all you need to do is find an abandoned landfill. But in this case, it is necessary to make sure that metal mining will be legal and local authorities have nothing against cleaning the land from polluting substances.

Abandoned shooting ranges

In more rare cases, scrap metal search It will also not be difficult in abandoned military training grounds where training exercises and shooting ranges were held. Such places are abundantly strewn with:

metal targets;
fake copies of tanks;
casings of large-caliber guns made of non-ferrous metal.

Collection of scrap in such places, for example, only in the event of the disbandment of the military unit under whose control the landfill was located. Or in case of its transfer to city authorities.

But, as in the previous case, the development of such places may be prohibited, in which case they should be abandoned.

Aids

Searching for scrap metal can be simplified in any area by having metal detector. Such a device will save you from searching at random, as it allows you to determine not only the location of the scrap, but also the depth and size or weight of the product. Despite the fact that such a device has a fairly high cost, its use will increase the income from recycling scrap by two to three times. It is very useful for people who are interested.

Also an integral tool for a metal digger is a magnet; it allows you to distinguish ferrous scrap from stainless steel or non-ferrous metal.

Naturally, you need to know not only where to get scrap metal, but also how to transport it, say, from a forest or field, if the total weight of the find is close to one ton or is simply very large and will not fit in the trunk of a car. In such cases, it is better to get an SUV with a trailer or a four-wheel drive flatbed truck.

If the find is too large and there is no way to load it onto a trailer or body alone, it is also very useful to have a small, portable power station and cutting power tools with you.

With all this in place, scrap collection can bring in some pretty good profits.

Be sure to find out: how to make a search magnet with your own hands

Many citizens, in conditions of money shortage, as well as for additional financial enrichment, are interested in various methods of earning money. This behavior is quite understandable, and to obtain positive results it is necessary to have at least superficial knowledge in a particular area. In our case we will talk about making money on non-ferrous and precious metals.

In fact, everything is very simple. Any radio equipment and other devices operating from electrical power include various components and parts containing a certain amount of non-ferrous and noble metal. Let's take into account the famous metal with a bright red hue - copper, which is assigned atomic number 29 in the famous periodic table.

Copper is an excellent conductor of current and also has good physical elasticity. Therefore, this metal is often used as a conductor. Copper is contained in various wires, high-voltage cables, transformer windings, and sometimes in the contact plates of electrical panels. It is quite easy to distinguish it from other metals because of its characteristic red-pink color. It happens that aluminum wires have the same color. In this case, copper is applied only to the surface of the wires. In order to verify the original material, you need to break the wire or scratch the surface with a sharp object. If there is a white color inside, then it is most likely aluminum and its alloys. Copper tracks are also used in boards where radio elements are located. The price of copper depends on the dollar exchange rate and currently fluctuates around 260 rubles per 1 kg of scrap. This is the most expensive metal from the non-ferrous group.

Brass is a copper alloy containing 20-30% zinc. Brass has a yellowish color and its visual characteristics are very similar to bronze. It is used both in electrical engineering and in plumbing. For example, taps, mixers, nuts. It is also used in the production of cooling systems. You can get up to 0.5 kg of brass contacts from an old meter. Brass is very resistant to corrosion, and its anti-corrosion properties are superior to copper. The price for 1 kg of brass is about 130 rubles.

Probably the most common metal that is found quite often. It can be found not only in the technical industry, but also in the food industry. This element is number 13 in the periodic table of Mendeleev. Well-known beer cans and utensils with bright or with a pale silver tint (pots, pans, spoons, forks, etc.). This metal is popular because it has a relatively low specific gravity, good conductivity of electrical current, and also good strength. Aluminum is often found in electrical wiring, in capacitor housings, in radiators of various transistors and computer coolers, in assemblies and components of automotive equipment. The cylinder block, the cylinder head - everything is made of aluminum. It's quite easy to assemble. However, the price for it is not so high, about 60 rubles per 1 kg.

Silver

Silver is the most common metal among precious representatives. It can be found in the production of tableware (food industry), in the manufacture of coins, various chains, rings, figurines and other items. But few people thought that silver is also used for technical purposes. The electrical conductivity of silver is second only to gold.

Technical silver is contained in contact groups of various relays. If you look closely, at the ends of the contacts there is a soldering patch (patch) of dark gray or silver color. Silver may take on a slightly dark tint as a result of interaction with hydrogen sulfide in the air. Silver plating can also be found on the ligatures of various plugs and connectors. One gram of silver costs from 20 to 40 rubles. And for scrap of silver-containing contacts (technical silver) you can get up to 30 thousand rubles. However, it is worth considering what kind of substrate the silver is on, magnetic or non-magnetic. The price will vary based on these criteria. Collecting 1 kg of contacts will not be difficult at all. The main thing is to pay attention to things that, according to the majority, belong in the trash. After all, good benefits can be derived from such waste.

Gold

The most famous and expensive metal. Indeed, gold occupies a leading position among other noble metals, due to its unique properties, and is number 79 in the periodic table. So what is the value of gold?

This is due to the fact that this most popular metal among the platinum group does not react with oxygen and does not oxidize. The pleasant appearance and yellowish, shiny color of gold lasts for a long time. It has high malleability and high electrical conductivity, which has led to its use in the jewelry and electrical industries.

This metal is contained in various microcircuits, where gold threads pass from the crystal to the external terminals of the radio element. Gold is also used on the contact legs of transistors. It is visually visible, and distinguishing a gold-containing element is quite simple. However, it can also be secretive. For example, in the same microcircuits. In order to determine the content of this metal, it is necessary to perform mechanical deformation (bite with pliers) of the ceramic body. Then the yellowish substrate and the leads of the part will be visible. An abundance of gold-containing parts is found in Soviet equipment. Previously, they did not spare this metal. Now technical progress has reached a new level and they began to add less gold in order to save money. After all, the use of this metal entails high costs. However, it is completely impossible to do without the properties of gold.

Modern technology (computers, phones and various gadgets) still include gold. Processors, microcircuits, various connectors and plugs are most often gold-plated, but the percentage of gold there is negligible. One gram of gold costs about 2,300 rubles. It all depends on the purity of the metal. It is best to collect gold-containing parts and sell them to refineries. Serious prices are offered for scrap of such parts. For example, one transistor of the KT series costs from 8 to 30 rubles. Collecting, for example, 1000 pieces is not so difficult.

Sometimes, due to our ignorance, we lose available sources of financial enrichment. Therefore, it’s worth stocking up on a little information and starting to turn ordinary waste into a Klondike.

The average price of copper (Cu) in Russia today is 300 rubles per kilogram. This non-ferrous metal is expensive and is in demand in various areas of industrial production, as well as in scientific activities. Collection points offer favorable prices for the purchase of non-ferrous metal scrap. But many people have an ambiguous question - where to get copper scrap?

An unsafe and simply indecent way is to cut wires and steal from summer cottages. Such techniques can result in criminal penalties and significant fines. We urge you not to engage in sabotage, especially since there are completely legal and honest ways to obtain scrap copper.

What is useful for searching

Of course a car. It will probably be difficult to come across flowers lying around near your home or on the street. Searches are often concentrated far from the searcher’s place of residence. And even if you find a couple of tens of kilograms, it will be hard to carry this load on yourself. This is where a car comes in handy. An ordinary passenger car is sufficient, since copper is heavy and has a high density. The trunk of a regular car can fit up to several hundred kilograms, so you can easily do without a truck or minibus.

In order to extract metal from the most inaccessible places, and there are many of them, tools such as a grinder and possibly a gas cutter will find use. And finally, what places should you look in to find red gold that isn’t lying around on the road?

What places are worth visiting?

Copper finders who distinguish this alloy from others know the exact places where this metal can be found. One of the popular places is a landfill, which is far from a pleasant place, but everything that is there is no one’s. There will be no complaints, unless the place is already occupied by the “garbage mafia”. At the landfill you can find broken household appliances and appliances.

Discarded cables and damaged transformers can be found at service power stations and construction sites. Often, station employees themselves don’t mind earning extra money. Therefore, try to get in touch with the station employee and offer your small price for the found transformer. And it won’t be at a loss and you can make good money.

What does the color metal contain?

The main sources of non-ferrous metal content are:

Old tube TVs, from which up to 1.5 kg of copper are extracted,
Semiconductor TVs – up to 0.5 kg,
Household refrigerators - from 1 to 1.5 kg of copper is provided only by the engine, but do not forget that this alloy is also present in the radiator grille.
Installation wires - the red metal content per 100 meters reaches 3-4 kg,
Inductors (choke) with copper winding - up to 1.5 kg,
Old transformers. It is more difficult to find them, but if you are lucky, the share of non-ferrous metal in the transformer is 10% of its weight, and this is not small, reaching several hundred kilograms of the alloy,
Any electric motors - for 1 kW of energy there is 1 kg of metal, that is, the copper content depends on the engine power. The more powerful, the more copper,
Fluorescent lamps. They have inductor coils with copper windings, with a copper content of approximately 200-300 grams. Many enterprises and construction sites throw out used lamps in bundles, so the extraction may not be bad.

There is a chance that one of the trips to catch the red metal could bring up to several hundred kilograms of copper, or even more. A few hours a day of work, ingenuity, observation, desire, experience in searching and all this will help replenish the family budget, and reception centers

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