Scrap steel, how much is it worth?

Timmaay · 07-10-2008 1:18pm #1

Hi, Someone ofter to take a lorry load of scrap steel from the farm by us, and pay us €50 for it. Just the usual old sheets/gates etc, I'd say 95% steel/iron. Does it fetch much these days and should I be looking for more than €50 for it?

irish_bob · 07-10-2008 1:49pm

Timmaay wrote: »

Hi, Someone ofter to take a lorry load of scrap steel from the farm by us, and pay us €50 for it. Just the usual old sheets/gates etc, I'd say 95% steel/iron. Does it fetch much these days and should I be looking for more than €50 for it?

i know in north leinster , scrap is currently making from around 50 euro a tonne to 80 euro a tonne , i know someone who got 160 euro a tonne back in july but it has fallen since , its worth a minimum of 50 euro a tonne

gerardk55 · 08-10-2008 4:12pm

Do they take galvanised sheeting?

irish_bob · 08-10-2008 9:53pm

gerardk55 wrote: »

Do they take galvanised sheeting?

off course , they will take virtually anything that is made of metal

patnor1011 · 31-10-2008 3:04pm

how sad reading this...
after few phone calls today i have find out that you have to pay these days if you want to bring some iron to scrapyard... whole scrap iron marked crashed out...

bbam · 01-11-2008 12:19pm

Aparrently the foundries were paying up to €260 a tonne earlier in the summer but due to a fall in demand they are all loaded up.. they can only mix a certain % of scrap into the mix..
WAs told yesterday that price is down below €100 now so the price collected must be poor...

patnor1011 · 27-01-2009 9:19am

Any news about this scrap iron, steel in these days? Do anyone know actual prices and places who are buying these now?

patnor1011 · 07-02-2010 12:22pm

Anybody with fresh update on prices for iron\steel?

whelan1 · 07-02-2010 12:32pm

what part of the country you in , we have a guy collects it

kfk · 07-02-2010 12:49pm

I was offered 50 euro a tonne for it a week ago. They were also looking for old batteries.

snowman707 · 07-02-2010 4:07pm

we took a load of old galvanize sheeting and a few scrap gates to Hegharty's in limerick

€60 per ton delivered

patnor1011 · 08-02-2010 9:56am

I am in limerick... I dont have large quantities at this moment but it is funny to drive to recycling centre to dispose of iron/steel and pay for doing so when you can actually get paid for it... I think that I will save all and try hegartys. 60e per ton is far cry from price say 2 years ago... Thanks gentlemans for info... whelan1 where are you based and what is price of that your guy is paying?

manta356 · 08-02-2010 12:19pm

I know of someone who took some scrap metal into Derry lately and got approx £100 stg a ton for it.Prices are on the increase again

aristo · 08-02-2010 12:49pm

kfk wrote: »

I was offered 50 euro a tonne for it a week ago. They were also looking for old batteries.

Old Batteries are worth €8 to €10, I wouldnt thrust a scrapyards weighbridge either!

djmc · 08-02-2010 7:15pm

Be careful who you sell it to I had a travler take 800 euro worth of steel and went for a cup of tea last I saw of him.:mad:

westlander · 09-02-2010 12:03pm

We paid a guy to collect our scrap lol. Silly us!
Does the Galway metal Company in oranmore pay you for scrap?

viztopia · 09-02-2010 2:25pm

i have a good few old batteries lieing around the place at home. who would i go to to get rid of these and maybe get a few euros? i am in north leinster/dublin

Del2005 · 14-02-2010 1:24am

viztopia wrote: »

i have a good few old batteries lieing around the place at home. who would i go to to get rid of these and maybe get a few euros? i am in north leinster/dublin

The civic recycling centres take batteries. Check your local one, I know that Ballymount does. No chance of making any money off them as they are hazardous waste and cost money to treat, a few years ago there may have been money for the lead but I doubt that you would have gotten any.

Scrap steel, how much is it worth?

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