Platinum
$1,617 USD /oz
▲ $20.00 (+1.25%)
Palladium
$1,114 USD /oz
▲ $32.00 (+2.96%)
Rhodium
$9,150 USD /oz
▼ $200.00 (-2.14%)
Copper
$6.56 USD /lb
▼ $0.0555 (-0.84%)
Aluminum
$1.36 USD /lb
▲ $0.0030 (+0.22%)
Steel (Shredded (SHS))
$413.00 USD /mt
– $0.0000 (+0.00%)
Nickel
$7.02 USD /lb
▲ $0.0105 (+0.15%)
Lead
$0.8500 USD /lb
▲ $0.0032 (+0.38%)
Zinc
$1.73 USD /lb
▼ $0.0078 (-0.45%)
Gold
$4,153 USD /oz
▲ $42.40 (+1.03%)
Silver
$57.08 USD /oz
▲ $1.40 (+2.52%)
USD/CAD
1.4207
▼ $0.0015 (-0.11%)
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# Week in Scrap: Market Recap for the Week Ending August 16, 2026 Gold flirting with $4,400/oz. Zinc hitting multi-year highs. A three-hour LME blackout. If you think macro news doesn't move your scrap bids, this week proved otherwise. For industrial scrap metal buyers and sellers across North...
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# How a Fort Wayne Scrap Yard Stopped Leaving Money on the Table One buyer. One price. No leverage. That was the reality for a mid-sized recycling operation just outside Fort Wayne, Indiana — until they tried a different approach to moving their non-ferrous loads. This is a real story. The yard...
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Gold up 7.9%, silver up 12.5%, and zinc leading base metals — here's what today's scrap metal price trends mean for sellers in 2025.
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Prices as of August 14, 2026 at 07:32 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🟢 Market Mood: BULLISH6 of 8 metals higher (Gold, Silver & 4 others); 1 lower (Copper). Jump to:Gold — $4,377/oz ▲ Silver — $65.02/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▲ $8,800 · Pt ▲ $1,736 · Pd ▲ $1,300 Copper — $6.59/l...
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Gold surges 8.5% and silver climbs 11.4% as scrap metal markets rally — here's what sellers need to know to maximize returns right now.
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Prices as of August 13, 2026 at 07:32 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🔴 Market Mood: BEARISHAll tracked metals are lower today. Jump to:Gold — $4,390/oz ▼ Silver — $64.97/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,725 · Pt ▼ $1,726 · Pd ▼ $1,321 Copper — $6.60/lb ▼ Aluminum — $1.49/lb ▼ Stee...
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Gold hits $4,432/oz and silver surges 14.8% in 30 days — here's what scrap metal sellers need to know and act on right now.
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Prices as of August 12, 2026 at 07:32 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🟢 Market Mood: BULLISH6 of 8 metals higher (Gold, Silver & 4 others); 1 lower (Aluminum). Jump to:Gold — $4,394/oz ▲ Silver — $65.97/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▲ $8,725 · Pt ▲ $1,763 · Pd ▲ $1,367 Copper — $6.67...
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Silver up 12.7%, gold up 9.7%, and aluminum near range highs — here's what today's scrap metal market means for sellers and where to act now.
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of August 11, 2026 at 07:32 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🟡 Market Mood: MIXED2 of 8 metals higher (Copper, Aluminum); 4 lower (Gold, Silver & 2 others). Jump to:Gold — $4,391/oz ▼ Silver — $64.92/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,650 · Pt ▼ $1,749 · Pd ▼ $1,352 Copper —...
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