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Scrap Prices Bounce Back

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:06:00 +0000

There hasn't been much to post about since the prices paid for scrap fell... now scrap prices have bounced back! Here in Frederick Md aluminum cans have risen from a low of $.35 a pound back up...

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Bottom Drops Out of Scrap Metal Industry

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:41:00 +0000

by Amanda Wills Published on April 29th, 2009 2 Comments In 2008, a recycler in Tulsa, Okla. paid 85 cents per pound for aluminum cans, but the going rate for 2009 has dropped to less...

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Current Prices Paid For Scrap Metal - Western Maryland

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:24:00 +0000

There hasn't been much to post about in the scrap metal industry. From 2003 to 2008 you could make a decent living scraping metal IF you were entrepreneurial enough and had enough ambition (and had...

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How Much Can I Get For My Scrap Metal in Western Maryland?

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:58:00 +0000

Scrap Metal Prices Flat Most of 2009I've not been posting to this blog lately because it's been depressing. What used to be a lucrative part time entrepreneurial activity is now worth-less than it...

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Your Trash is My Cash says Fairbanks Alaska Man

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:52:00 +0000

"I even have my own missile," he said. "Everyone should have their own missile." Over the years, Karl has built a mini-kingdom from other people's unwanted items. His motto: "Your trash is my cash."...

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Church Hit 2X by Copper Theives

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:38:00 +0000

Atlanta Georgia, the NBC channel 11 reports that Theives have hit the same church twice robbing it of copper in the building's heating and air conditioning system. ATLANTA -- At Trinity AME Church...

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Demand for Scrap Evaporated, slowly inching upwards

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:26:00 +0000

Drop In Chinese Demand Melts Scrap Metal Market November 13, 2008 · Just months ago, scrap metal was in such high demand that thieves around the world were pulling up manhole covers, fire hydrants...

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Current State of Scrap Prices February 2009

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:42:00 +0000

Scrap Prices, particularly scrap aluminum prices had the bottom drop out in the past 2 months. They say pictures tell a thousand words, these two that I took tell a story of more than 50% drop right...

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35% Drop in Aluminum Prices

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:17:00 +0000

Alcoa Aluminum posted a $1.3 Billion Dollar Loss according to Reuters Alcoa said there was a 35 percent decline in aluminum prices in the quarter and a sharp drop in demand, particularly from the...

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Alcoa lay offs translate to low scrap prices

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:56:00 +0000

It looks like the bottom has dropped out of demand for Aluminum. Alcoa to lay off 13,500 workers, freeze salaries and cut spending by 50% PITTSBURGH — Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. said Tuesday it...

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Mid Maryland current price of scrap being paid

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:53:00 +0000

Photo provided courtesy Flickr User Proggie Today's post is right from the Hagerstown Maryland ConservIT recycle yard: 18656 Lizley Drive Hagerstown, MD , 21740 Phone: 301-791-0100 FAX:...

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Current Prices Paid for Scrap Aluminium East Coast

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:00 +0000

Today's Price quote for scrap aluminium paid by scrap yards Drum roll... I'm posting these for as long as I can get away with it. The owners of these scrap yards are NOT likely to keep on...

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Just because the price is down isn't a reason to not recycle

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:34:00 +0000

There are plenty of benefits to recycling... in my last few posts I suggested, no I Recommended that we hoard aluminium. But this is not to say don't recycle! You can recycle cardboard, other metals...

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Demand for aluminum tanked on east coast

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:22:00 +0000

In my last post I suggested that we hoard aluminum That recommendation carries even more weight now that I've begun calling the scrap yards around me for current prices paid. I talk about aluminium...

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Computer Graveyard = precious metals

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:42:00 +0000

Sometimes scrap yards will pay a little for discarded computer cards. To my knowledge computer monitors don't have any recycling cash value. The motherboards and PC cards that fit in motherboards...

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Scrap Metal Recycling Pile

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:53:00 +0000

Scrap Metal Recycling Pile, originally uploaded by Montgomery Cty Division of Solid Waste Services. I drove a recycling truck here the very first day this place opened. It was 1990 and I worked for...

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Lowest Prices in years being paid

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:48:00 +0000

Do not despair... the low prices being paid for aluminum today will not stay that low for very long. The price of aluminum is tied to the price of energy, it takes LOTS of electricity to turn...

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What is the current price for a pound of recycled aluminum?

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:35:00 +0000

What is the current price for a pound of recycled aluminum offered in Maryland? From WikiAnswers a generic answer: The price of aluminum, like other metals or scrap metals, changes on a daily...

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Collect Pallets to get the Scrap Metal

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:14:00 +0000

Here's exactly how I got several warehouses and factories to GIVE me their scrap metal. 1.) I drove past a warehouse in an industrial park in Columbia or Baltimore County Maryland to see which ones...

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Extruded Aluminum pays the most

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:34:00 +0000

When I first started scraping aluminum, I quickly learned there are several forms aluminum can come in and the scrap yards pay very different rates for different forms of aluminum. Just a few of the...

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noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:38:00 +0000

Pennsylvania Township Grows Successful Recycling Program by Jennifer Berry Two decades ago, the residents of Hopewell Township in Cumberland County, Pa., began New Hope Recyclers. Official Website...

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Pallet Recycling in Maryland

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:45:00 +0000

An often overlooked way to cash in while recycling is to gather up good used pallets. Do know how much a shipper has to pay for a new pallet? I'm not really sure, but I DO know that some of them...

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recycle copper & aluminium wire

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:16:00 +0000

There's wire and there is WIRE. Not all wire is created equal. Some wire has copper at it's core, others have aluminium inside. The wire that runs electricity from the power company to your home...

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Retraction of inaccurate info from earlier posts

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:41:00 +0000

Recently I was asked to correct some of the information I posted to this blog. I'd said that scrap yards in Pennsylvania paid more for steel than Maryland scrap yards paid. In the scrap industry,...

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Frederick MD window company scrap aluminum

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:09:00 +0000

Photo taken at night.. before the Frederick Maryland Dumpster got dumped. Dumpster belongs to a local Window Company, I could "tell u where it is but then I'd have to kill u" Seriously, I'm not...

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