If you have renovated your house or have a business which produces items with metal parts, then you may have some scrap metal lying around. It is handy to know which metals are highly valuable when you are recycling your scrap. Non-ferrous metals like brass, copper and aluminum are worth more at the scrap companies in comparison to ferrous metals. Here is a list of valuable scrap metal in Africa:
Copper
Copper is a common metal which can find mostly around your home and highly sought after at the scrap yard. If you own old electronic devices or old pipes, then you may have some copper with you which you can turn into scrap.
Brass
You may not be aware but your house has a lot of objects with brass. If you have a product which appears golden when cleaned but it is not made of gold, then it is brass. You may find brass in ornamental items such as trophies, plates, candlesticks, door knobs, brass fittings etc.
Silver
Scrap metal buyers offer high prices for silver scraps than what you will be offered at pawn stores. If you have silverware, antiques, or jewelry, you can get some good cash in exchange.
Aluminum
Some of the sources of aluminum scrap are soft drink cans. There are some packaging made of aluminum. You can get a good return by selling them at the scrap metal yard. Old electronics such as gaming consoles, parts of cars, computers, bike frames, AC can have good amount of aluminum.
Stainless steel
Stainless steel can be commonly found. It is less valuable because it is quite common. However, stainless contains other metals like iron, nickel molybdenum and chrome. Different steel grade scrap will fetch you different value, depending on the amount of nickel it has. Stainless steel can be found in appliances, kitchen items, automobile parts, machineries in companies. You will get lower rate of oily and greasy metal in comparison to clean stainless steel.
Gold
Just like silver, gold is a valuable metal and worth more than a lot of scrap metals. The gold scrap can be an old coin, an antique stuff or jewelry. Outdated electric appliances may have good amount of gold. You can also remove gold from computer parts and other electrical devices. The return of selling scrap gold is more than any other type of scrap metal.
Lead
Lead scraps are highly profitable. However, it can be tough to find this pure non-ferrous metal. If you find pure lead, then you should take required precautions because lead is highly toxic. Scrap lead is in demand and hence, you can earn good.
If you have scrap metal, be it ferrous or non-ferrous, then you can sell it at One Unit Africa Group. The company purchases, processes and re-integrate all recyclable base metals and supply traders and end-users with raw commodities. So, none of the excess materials go waste and you get the best returns for your scrap. All the products are recycled in a secure and environmental friendly manner.
