River Recycling Industries - River East

River Recycling Industries, Inc. is a family-owned business founded in 1919.We operated as an Ingot maker from 1919-2001, and began to produce mechanical pucks as an alternative to Ingot in 2002. Today we apply our knowledge as a secondary smelter to effect solutions for our customers with cost-effective units of scrap metal, briquetted material, and Riverloy pucks. As technology has changed this past century, we have adapted our processes to better serve our consumers. We always provide excellent service and high quality products, and strive to exceed our customers' expectations.

Our Mission is to promptly deliver high quality recycled materials at competitive prices to our valued customers.

Proudly Servicing

• Brass Mills
• Brass and Bronze Foundries
• Brass and Bronze Ingot Makers
• Refineries​​​​​
• Export

Dealers and Wholesalers

River Recycling purchases mixed or straight truckloads of material. We specialize in nonferrous metals and buy all grades of brass and bronze. Your material is weighed, sorted/processed, graded and a settlement report is sent with each payment. We buy material from across the country and are always looking to build relationships with new dealers & wholesalers

We accept trucks by appointments only.

We Sell

With roots established as an ingot maker, River Recycling is unique in its knowledge of metallurgy and recycling innovations. Our Facility is equipped with a laboratory and full time metallurgist.  

River Recycling offers customized services tailored to our customers' needs. We are able to offer straight or partial loads and have solids and turnings of the following:

Processing Capabilities

We execute the best combination of processing solutions to meet our customers' business needs, enabling better control chemistry, higher melt recovery, and reduction in cost.

Demaging

Material is run through our demaging process to ensure our product is free of iron contamination.

Drying

Dried material provides a cleaner, safer melt. It eliminates flare-ups, reduces splash backs and provides a higher yield.

Cutting 

Quality scrap can be cut to meet your size specifications.

Pucking

Convert customers’ material to reduce their metal cost.Manufacture alloys by combining multiple materials to achieve a desired chemistry.

Briquetting
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Loose material can be a challenge to charge in a furnace. We offer two sizes of briquettes to meet your needs.

Decommissioning/Demilitarizing

Through a controlled process, we are able to decommission cartridge brass and provide a cleaner more uniform lot to meet your metallurgical needs.