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Brisbane Scrap Metal Buyers

Grades, prep and what we refuse

What we take, how it is graded and the small bits of prep that lift what you get paid. Rates move daily, so the price comes from a phone call rather than this page.

Metals by category

Non-ferrous

Aluminium tube and pipe offcuts heaped together at the yard.
AL

Aluminium

Cans through to truck wheels. Clean extrusion pays well above mixed alloy, so it pays to keep the two apart.

  • Clean extrusion, window and door frames
  • Cast, gearbox and pump housings
  • Alloy wheels, on or off the tyre
  • Sheet, cladding and roller doors
  • Cans, loose or crushed

Steel screws and rubber seals drop your grade. Pull what you can and we will sort the rest.

A pile of small brass fittings and threaded inserts collected for weighing.
BR

Brass

Old taps, fittings, valves and gate hardware. Plumbers bring us drums of it after a bathroom strip out.

  • Yellow brass, taps and fittings
  • Red brass, valves and bearings
  • Brass turnings and swarf
  • Radiator brass with copper fins

Leave the chrome plating on. It does not change the grade.

A bin of bare bright copper wire piled up ready for weighing.
CU

Copper

The best paying metal in the yard. Offcuts, tube, busbar and wire all get weighed and paid the same day.

  • Bright and shiny bare wire
  • Copper 1, clean tube and offcuts
  • Copper 2, painted or soldered
  • Insulated wire, priced on recovery

Keep bright wire away from painted tube if you want the top grade for each.

Rolled grey metal coils stacked and kept separate for weighing.
PB

Lead

Roof flashing, old pipe, wheel weights and dive weights. Heavy for its size, so small loads are still worth bringing in.

  • Lead sheet and flashing
  • Lead pipe
  • Wheel weights
  • Lead cable sheathing

Keep it separate from other metal so it is easy to weigh on its own.

Bright stainless steel offcuts and pressings piled up for sorting.
SS

Stainless steel

Kitchen benches, food grade tanks, balustrade and exhaust work. We test grade with a magnet and an analyser.

  • 304, benches, sinks and balustrade
  • 316, marine and food grade tanks
  • Stainless swarf and turnings

Tell us if it came off a food site. Grease and product residue has to be cleaned off first.

Ferrous

Heavy steel plate and beam offcuts stacked outside for the grab.
FE

Steel and mixed metal

The volume metal. Beams, plate, fencing, sheds, machinery frames and the mixed light steel from a clean out.

  • Heavy steel, plate and beam over 6mm
  • Light gauge, sheds, fencing and roofing
  • Mixed light steel from clean outs
  • Cast iron, baths, pipe and machine bases

Timber, concrete and plastic have to come off. Anything sealed or pressurised is refused.

Vehicles and machinery

Stripped scrap car shells stacked in rows at the yard.
CAR

Car bodies

Cash for scrap cars, utes and vans, running or not. We tow it away and handle the paperwork with you.

  • Complete car, ute or van bodies
  • Stripped shells
  • Boat trailers and box trailers
  • Farm and yard machinery

Have the rego papers and photo ID ready. Fuel, oil and batteries are drained and recycled separately.

An electric motor and gearbox housing set aside for copper recovery.
EM

Electric motors

Pool pumps, air conditioning compressors, workshop motors and pallets of motors from a factory refit.

  • Small motors under 20kg
  • Large motors and compressors
  • Alternators and starter motors
  • Sealed units, priced on copper recovery

Sealed compressors are fine as they are. We degas air conditioning units properly.

Old air conditioning units stacked for radiator and coil recovery.
RAD

Radiators and heat exchangers

Car radiators, air conditioning coils and industrial heat exchangers. Copper and brass units pay well above aluminium.

  • Copper and brass radiators
  • Aluminium and plastic radiators
  • Air conditioning coils and condensers

Drain the coolant before pickup. We handle refrigerant recovery on site.

Batteries and e-waste

Lead acid batteries and cable sorted on the truck tray, ready for recycling.
BAT

Batteries

Lead acid batteries are paid on weight. Lithium and other chemistries are taken for safe recycling.

  • Car and 4WD lead acid batteries
  • Truck and forklift batteries
  • Deep cycle and solar bank batteries
  • Lithium ion packs, handled separately

Damaged or swollen lithium packs need to be flagged before pickup so they travel safely.

Stripped circuit boards and computer parts collected for metal recovery.
EW

E-waste

Office clear outs, server racks, comms cabinets and data cable. Recovered for the metal inside, not resold as gear.

  • Computers, servers and switches
  • Circuit boards, sorted by grade
  • Data cable and patch leads
  • Appliance and cabinet metal

Tell us if drives hold data. We can note the units on the docket for your own destruction records.

What we will not take

Some things are a genuine danger in a shear or a furnace. If a yard offers to take these off you without asking questions, walk away.

  • Gas bottles, LPG cylinders and any sealed or pressurised vessel
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Fuel tanks that have not been cut open and cleaned
  • Asbestos sheeting or anything bonded to it
  • Chemical drums with product still in them

Not sure which side of the line your load sits on? Ring 0415 512 255 and describe it. It takes a minute and saves a wasted trip.

Metal stock sorted by grade and profile into separate racks.

Get a price for your load

Tell us the grade and the rough weight and we will give you a number for the day.