Platinum $1,819 USD /oz▼ $28.00 (-1.52%)Palladium $1,405 USD /oz▲ $67.00 (+5.01%)Rhodium $8,850 USD /oz▲ $25.00 (+0.28%)Copper $6.64 USD /lb▼ $0.0520 (-0.78%)Aluminum $1.47 USD /lb▲ $0.0041 (+0.28%)Steel (Shredded (SHS)) $413.00 USD /mt– $0.0000 (+0.00%)Nickel $7.64 USD /lb▲ $0.0862 (+1.14%)Lead $0.8500 USD /lb▲ $0.0030 (+0.35%)Zinc $1.85 USD /lb▼ $0.0168 (-0.90%)Gold $4,454 USD /oz▼ $152.30 (-3.31%)Silver $66.39 USD /oz▼ $2.98 (-4.30%)USD/CAD 1.3888▲ $0.0012 (+0.09%)Platinum $1,819 USD /oz▼ $28.00 (-1.52%)Palladium $1,405 USD /oz▲ $67.00 (+5.01%)Rhodium $8,850 USD /oz▲ $25.00 (+0.28%)Copper $6.64 USD /lb▼ $0.0520 (-0.78%)Aluminum $1.47 USD /lb▲ $0.0041 (+0.28%)Steel (Shredded (SHS)) $413.00 USD /mt– $0.0000 (+0.00%)Nickel $7.64 USD /lb▲ $0.0862 (+1.14%)Lead $0.8500 USD /lb▲ $0.0030 (+0.35%)Zinc $1.85 USD /lb▼ $0.0168 (-0.90%)Gold $4,454 USD /oz▼ $152.30 (-3.31%)Silver $66.39 USD /oz▼ $2.98 (-4.30%)USD/CAD 1.3888▲ $0.0012 (+0.09%)
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Copper surges 6% and aluminum climbs 3% as industrial metals outpace precious metals. Here's how scrap sellers should position their inventory right now.
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Prices as of May 26, 2026 at 07:31 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: BULLISH5 of 8 metals higher (Silver, Platinum & 3 others); 2 lower (Gold, Rhodium). Jump to:Gold — $4,505/oz ▼ Silver — $75.75/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▼ $9,400 · Pt ▲ $1,943 · Pd ▲ $1,371 Copper —...
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Copper is up 5.9% and aluminum hits its 30-day high — here's what today's scrap metal market means for sellers and where to focus your inventory now.
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# Scrap Metal Market Recap: Week Ending May 24, 2026 Copper is flirting with $6.10 per pound on COMEX, aluminum is quietly ticking upward, and India just exempted 202 foreign steel manufacturers from compliance rules that were bottlenecking imports. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., a Georgia man is...
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From Piles to Profit: How a Houston Contractor Turned Industrial Scrap into a Bidding War Marcus T. had a problem most contractors would recognize immediately. After completing a major demolition job at an industrial facility in the Pasadena area east of Houston, he was sitting on roughly 18,000...
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Copper surges 3.8% while palladium drops nearly 12% — here's what North America's latest scrap metal price trends mean for your yard and next auction listing.
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Prices as of May 22, 2026 at 07:31 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: BEARISH2 of 8 metals higher (Copper, Aluminum); 4 lower (Gold, Silver & 2 others). Jump to:Gold — $4,523/oz ▼ Silver — $75.81/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▸ $9,650 · Pt ▼ $1,933 · Pd ▼ $1,343 Copper — ...
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Ferrous flat, copper up but fading, and palladium down 12%: here's what today's scrap metal market means for B2B sellers across North America.
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Prices as of May 21, 2026 at 12:31 PM UTC. 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: BEARISH1 of 8 metals higher (Aluminum); 6 lower (Gold, Silver & 4 others). Jump to:Gold — $4,506/oz ▼ Silver — $74.83/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▼ $9,650 · Pt ▼ $1,923 · Pd ▼ $1,327 Copper — $6.26/lb...
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Today's scrap metal markets show steady ferrous prices and a pausing copper uptrend — here's what North American scrap sellers need to know right now.
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