Now scrap copper 27 yuan a pound or so, scrap copper is generally divided into brass and copper, brass 13 yuan a pound or so, copper 20 yuan a pound or so, 2017 copper recent price is not very stable, now the price of waste materials around the world are very low scrap copper recycling price of about 15 to 16 yuan / city pound is considered good, there are a lot of types of scrap copper, fire wire, motor copper, copper and so on, the price is not the same. The price will also vary depending on the region.
Banning the import of copper scrap from 2019, copper scrap prices are expected to rise in recent years. So scrap bosses can rest assured that stocking up! At the end of 2019, China will ban the import of "waste seven categories".
Copper scrap can be formally divided into six types of scrap and seven types of scrap, of which six types of scrap can be directly utilized, while seven types of scrap must be dismantled and sorted by machines or manually before they can be used. This has raised concerns about the supply side of copper scrap, which has contributed to the rise in copper prices.
Expanded Information:
Copper scrap is categorized by the amount of pure copper it contains, such as bright copper (Cu>99%), #1 copper (Cu >97%), #2 copper (95~96%), and motor copper (92~94%) (generally the copper on the motor in the electric machine)
Purple copper (79~81%), smelting grade purple copper (90~92%), purple copper brick (93%), flamed wire (95-97%), purple copper trimmings, H59 yellow copper (brass with +H) and so on.
Copper scrap is one of the main raw materials for refining copper, including old copper scrap and new copper scrap, which comes from old equipment and machines, abandoned buildings and underground pipes, etc.; and new copper scrap comes from copper scraps discarded by processing plants (the output ratio of copper is about 50%).
Generally the supply of copper scrap is more stable, and copper scrap can be divided into bare miscellaneous copper (grade above 90%) and yellow miscellaneous copper (wire) (copper-containing materials (old motors, circuit boards)); and copper produced from scrap and other similar materials, also known as recycled copper.