Scrap
Leaders in the Business
Metal Exchange Corporation has a team of specialists with the expertise to buy, sell, process and trade all forms of non-ferrous metal scrap and serve global scrap markets. We are in the market on a day to day basis, buying and selling non-ferrous metal scrap for our warehouses, our manufacturing operations, for third party consumption, and for import /export. We are consistent and ongoing market makers of all grades of non-ferrous metal scrap from our worldwide network of consumers and suppliers.
Aluminum
Utilizing an international network of trading offices and North American plants and warehouses, Metal Exchange buys, sells, trades and processes a wide range of aluminum scrap. Our scrap processing and warehouse locations enable us to respond to the industry’s need for processed, packaged, and segregated scrap.
We handle all grades of aluminum scrap, including, but not limited to:
- Extrusion scrap
- Mixed low copper clips
- Lithograph sheet
- Segregated alloy clips
- New production can scrap (Class 1/2/3/4)
- Used beverage containers
- Auto wheels
- Painted siding
- Aluminum radiators
- Fin stock
- Remelt scrap ingot
- Old sheet
- Casting scrap
- Aluminum turnings
- Aluminum drosses and residues
- ISRI specs: Tablet, Taint/Tabor, Talk, Tense, Tough/Taboo
Copper & Brass
With our worldwide network of suppliers, Metal Exchange is able to trade and process copper and brass scrap for a variety of consumers and producers, including brass mills, copper wire manufacturers, copper tube manufacturers, brass and rod mills, brass ingot makers, copper refineries, and foundries.
Our ability to supply all grades of copper and brass scrap has enabled us to become one of the largest domestic and international suppliers. We can tailor a scrap conversion to accommodate any consumer or producer of copper. Our Metal Recovery Systems (see separate tab under ‘Manufacturing’) facility processes copper and aluminum wire and aluminum/copper heat exchangers.
Our copper and brass products include:
- Bare bright copper wire and choppings
- Copper flakes
- Tin-plated copper and choppings
- #1 copper scrap
- High-grade #2 copper and choppings
- Copper Cathodes
- Brass Alloys, 210 through 260, as well as 300 series
- ISRI specs: Barley, Berry, Birch, Candy, Cliff, Clove, Cobra, Cocoa, Dream, Ebony, Honey
Magnesium
Metal Exchange is a daily market maker in most shapes of magnesium scrap, whether new production or post consumer. With underlying magnesium values consistently high, finding the most effective consumer for the scrap is essential. Our wide view of the market allows us to maximize the scrap value by knowing the most efficient homes for magnesium scrap in its many shapes and packages.
Other Metals
Titanium
Stainless Steel
Silicon
Processing Facilities
Metal Exchange Corporation operates a scrap processing facility located in Moulton, AL. This location was chosen based on proximity to consumers and the availability of raw materials. Our Moulton scrap facility is equipped with a full complement of processing equipment, including sorting belts, screens, shears, balers, and spectrometers. All of these are important tools in the segregation and packaging of non-ferrous scrap which allows us to upgrade the value of the material and meet our customers quality requirements.