Metal Recycling Services

Profile and History

Metals Recycling Services, LLC (MRS) is a wholly owned venture of Nucor Corporation and operates as part of the Nucor subsidiary, Cincinnati-based, The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ), one of USA’s largest scrap metal companies.
 DJJ’s rich history began in 1885. We possess a wealth of experience and an entrepreneurial spirit that is vital to success in the scrap recycling industry.DJJ is also part of Nucor Corporation’s family of companies.Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Nucor is the leading purchaser of ferrous scrap and the largest recycler in North America.MRS was formed in 1999. Nucor Corporation acquired the assets of Metal Recycling Services in April, 2008. Two additional recycling facilities, in Gastonia and Marion NC, were purchased from State Line Scrap in 2012. Today, MRS operates 3 recycling facilities, including automobile shredders in Gastonia and Monroe.We buy all types of ferrous, nonferrous, and e-scrap metals at each of our recycling locations, with a team of specialists who continually monitor market conditions to establish fair, competitive prices.

SERVICES

Do you have unwanted metal items around the house? Turn them into cash! Metal Recycling Services makes it easy for you to “go green” with fast and friendly service in 3 North Carolina locations. Common household items to outdated machinery, we guarantee payment on time, every time.
MRS pays top dollar for scrap metal when you’re looking to sell your scrap! Bring us your old stoves, refrigerators, frying pans, bicycles, electronic scrap, you name it… and we’ll recycle all of them. It’s a win-win for you and the environment.
We cater to the industrial and manufacturing sectors with our highly skilled dispatch teams who manage massive container scrap collection and pickup services. We provide customers with fast, reliable, personalized, comprehensive transportation services tailored to your schedule, moving materials from your scrap yard or manufacturing facility to one of our three recycling plants.
At home or at work, you profit, our communities’ benefit, and the environment’s protected from more unnecessary landfill.