Scrap Metal Market Update: Copper Climbs While Precious Metals Cool
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Copper is up nearly 3% while gold, silver, and rhodium pull back. Here's what scrap yards need to know to sell smarter right now.
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Copper is up nearly 3% while gold, silver, and rhodium pull back. Here's what scrap yards need to know to sell smarter right now.
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Prices as of June 15, 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 (Gold, Silver & 3 others); 1 lower (Aluminum). Jump to:Gold — $4,332/oz ▲ Silver — $70.85/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,000 · Pt ▲ $1,787 · Pd ▲ $1,331 Copper — $6.49/l...
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Weekly Scrap Metal Market Recap — Week Ending June 14, 2026 If you've been watching copper tick upward all week while gold wobbles and aluminium supply gets tangled in Middle East disruptions — you're not imagining it. This was a week where base metals told a different story than precious metals,...
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He Was Leaving Money on the Table Every Single Week — Until He Found a Better Way For seven years, a mid-size recycling yard operator in El Paso — we'll call him Marcus — ran his non-ferrous business the same way everyone else did. One buyer. One phone call. One number. Take it or leave it, and...
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Copper leads industrial metals while gold and silver stay under pressure — here's what scrap sellers need to know about this week's market conditions.
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Prices as of June 12, 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 (Palladium, Aluminum); 4 lower (Gold, Silver & 2 others). Jump to:Gold — $4,201/oz ▼ Silver — $66.54/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,000 · Pt ▼ $1,701 · Pd ▲ $1,283 Coppe...
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Gold down 13.5%, silver off 27.1%, PGMs sliding — here's what today's scrap metal market means for sellers and how to protect your margins.
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Prices as of June 11, 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: MIXED4 of 8 metals higher (Gold, Palladium & 2 others); 2 lower (Silver, Platinum). Jump to:Gold — $4,067/oz ▲ Silver — $62.97/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,000 · Pt ▼ $1,649 · Pd ▲ $1,216 Copper ...
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Gold down 12.7%, silver down 25.6% in 30 days — find out what the latest precious and base metal price moves mean for scrap sellers right now.
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of June 10, 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: BEARISHAll tracked metals are lower today. Jump to:Gold — $4,133/oz ▼ Silver — $64.12/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,000 · Pt ▼ $1,650 · Pd ▼ $1,200 Copper — $6.23/lb ▼ Aluminum — $1.58/lb ▼ Steel ...
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