Platinum $1,617 USD /oz▼ $57.00 (-3.41%)Palladium $1,241 USD /oz▼ $58.00 (-4.46%)Rhodium $8,100 USD /oz– $0.0000 (+0.00%)Copper $6.29 USD /lb▼ $0.0870 (-1.36%)Aluminum $1.44 USD /lb▲ $0.0140 (+0.98%)Steel (Shredded (SHS)) $413.00 USD /mt– $0.0000 (+0.00%)Nickel $7.49 USD /lb▼ $0.0374 (-0.50%)Lead $0.8100 USD /lb▼ $0.0031 (-0.38%)Zinc $1.61 USD /lb▼ $0.0163 (-1.00%)Gold $3,983 USD /oz▼ $75.60 (-1.86%)Silver $55.57 USD /oz▼ $2.25 (-3.90%)USD/CAD 1.4025▼ $0.0042 (-0.30%)Platinum $1,617 USD /oz▼ $57.00 (-3.41%)Palladium $1,241 USD /oz▼ $58.00 (-4.46%)Rhodium $8,100 USD /oz– $0.0000 (+0.00%)Copper $6.29 USD /lb▼ $0.0870 (-1.36%)Aluminum $1.44 USD /lb▲ $0.0140 (+0.98%)Steel (Shredded (SHS)) $413.00 USD /mt– $0.0000 (+0.00%)Nickel $7.49 USD /lb▼ $0.0374 (-0.50%)Lead $0.8100 USD /lb▼ $0.0031 (-0.38%)Zinc $1.61 USD /lb▼ $0.0163 (-1.00%)Gold $3,983 USD /oz▼ $75.60 (-1.86%)Silver $55.57 USD /oz▼ $2.25 (-3.90%)USD/CAD 1.4025▼ $0.0042 (-0.30%)
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Why Most Chicago Scrap Sellers Leave Money on the Table You've got a load ready to move. You call one buyer, take whatever they offer, and move on. That's how it's always been done in Chicago — and it's exactly why most yards and sellers never see what their material is actually worth. One call...
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Prices as of June 09, 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 — $4,333/oz ▲ Silver — $68.39/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,000 · Pt ▲ $1,770 · Pd ▲ $1,243 Copper — $6.43/l...
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Precious metals are sliding sharply while base and ferrous scrap hold steady — here's what scrap sellers need to know and do this week.
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of June 08, 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: MIXED5 of 8 metals higher (Gold, Silver & 3 others); 2 lower (Palladium, Rhodium). Jump to:Gold — $4,329/oz ▲ Silver — $68.57/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▼ $8,050 · Pt ▲ $1,776 · Pd ▼ $1,201 Copper —...
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Weekly Scrap Metal Market Recap — Week Ending June 7, 2026 If you're trying to sell scrap metal in bulk in Salt Lake City right now, this was a week worth paying attention to. Exchange outages, a hotter-than-expected jobs print, shifting commodity flows, and a regulatory shutdown at a major scrap...
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# How a Dearborn Scrap Yard Stopped Leaving Money on the Table One buyer. One phone call. One price. That was the system a mid-size scrap yard near Dearborn, Michigan had relied on for over a decade. It worked — until the operator started wondering if "worked" just meant "nobody complained out...
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Precious metals are falling fast while base metals hold steady — here's what scrap yard operators need to know and do right now.
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of June 05, 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: BEARISH3 of 8 metals higher (Platinum, Palladium & 1 others); 4 lower (Gold, Silver & 2 others). Jump to:Gold — $4,463/oz ▼ Silver — $72.86/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▼ $8,100 · Pt ▲ $1,894 · Pd ▲ $...
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Copper surges 9% and zinc climbs 8.3% while PGMs tumble — here's what today's scrap metal market means for your selling strategy.
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of June 04, 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); 2 lower (Rhodium, Aluminum). Jump to:Gold — $4,501/oz ▲ Silver — $74.48/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▼ $8,250 · Pt ▲ $1,899 · Pd ▲ $1,312 Copper ...
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