Aluminum Wire Starting at 41 Cents Per LB in Canada Prices
November 1 2012 – Aluminum Wire starting at $.41 per pound in prices from Golden Recycling.
| Commodity | Price Per Pound < 100 lbs | Price Per Pound 100-500 lbs | Price Per Pound >500 lbs |
| Lead Wheel Weights | $0.38 | $0.4 | $0.41 |
| Aluminum Sheet Clean – no steel or tin | $0.54 | $0.57 | $0.59 |
| Aluminum Sheet Dirty – steel or tin attached | $0.5 | $0.53 | $0.55 |
| Aluminum Extrusion Clean – no steel | $0.58 | $0.62 | $0.64 |
| Aluminum Extrusion Dirty – steel attached | $0.54 | $0.56 | $0.58 |
| Aluminum Radiators Clean – no steel | $0.46 | $0.49 | $0.51 |
| Aluminum Radiators Dirty – steel attached | $0.31 | $0.33 | $0.34 |
| Aluminum wheel rim with no tire – Per pound price for the | $0.62 | $0.66 | $0.69 |
| Aluminum Cans – dry, crushed or uncrushed | $0.5 | $0.54 | $0.55 |
| Aluminum Breakage High – mixed aluminum with no steel | $0.18 | $0.2 | $0.2 |
| Aluminum Breakage Low – mixed aluminum with steel mixed in | $0.11 | $0.12 | $0.12 |
| Cast Aluminum Clean – no steel attached | $0.49 | $0.52 | $0.54 |
| Batteries – Car or truck or similar batteries | $0.17 | $0.18 | $0.18 |
| Lead – Solid Lead | $0.48 | $0.51 | $0.52 |
| Brass Clean – no steel or corrosion | $1.79 | $1.9 | $1.94 |
| Brass Dirty – steel or tin attached | $1.24 | $1.31 | $1.34 |
| Copper Bright – 1/16 inch thick or more, bright and clean | $2.94 | $3.01 | $3.07 |
| Copper #1 – Solid copper with no brass or corrosion | $2.83 | $2.9 | $2.96 |
| Copper #2 – Copper with some brass or corrosion | $2.68 | $2.74 | $2.8 |
| Copper Sheet Clean – no other metals | $2.68 | $2.74 | $2.8 |
| Copper MCM Wire – at least 80% copper by weight | $2.3 | $2.38 | $2.44 |
| Copper Wire #1 75% – 1/16th thick or more that is at least 75% copper by weight | $1.91 | $2.02 | $2.07 |
| Copper Wire #2 55% – Less than 1/16th thick that is at least 55% copper by weight | $1.34 | $1.42 | $1.45 |
| Copper Wire #2 45% – Less than 1/16th thick that is at least 45% copper by weight | $0.82 | $0.87 | $0.89 |
| Copper Wire #2 25% – Less than 1/16th thick that is at least 25% copper by weight | $0.42 | $0.44 | $0.45 |
| Copper Radiators Clean – no steel | $1.79 | $1.84 | $1.9 |
| Copper Radiators Dirty – steel attached | $1.33 | $1.37 | $1.41 |
| Radiators made of both copper and aluminum but no steel or tin attached | $1.39 | $1.42 | $1.47 |
| Radiators made of both copper and aluminum with steel or tin attached | $1.28 | $1.31 | $1.36 |
| Copper Content – Metal items that are mostly copper | $0.08 | $0.08 | $0.09 |
| Condensors from refrigeration units with mostly copper content | $0.17 | $0.18 | $0.18 |
| Stainless Steel Clean | $0.42 | $0.45 | $0.48 |
| Stainless Steel Dirty – other metal attached | $0.15 | $0.16 | $0.17 |
| Aluminum Borings Clean | $0.41 | $0.43 | $0.45 |
| Aluminum Rim with the rubber tire on it (price per tire not per pound) | $0.16 | $0.17 | $0.18 |
| Copper Wire Romex | $1.77 | $1.87 | $1.91 |
| Electric Motors and Starters with nothing attached | $0.27 | $0.27 | $0.27 |
| Steel/Iron/Tin Minimum 100lbs | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.06 |
| Aluminum Wire – no inslulation | $0.41 | $0.43 | $0.44 |
| Christmas Lights with bulbs | $0.42 | $0.44 | $0.45 |
| Zinc Clean – Aluminum cast clean with no steel or tin | $0.2 | $0.21 | $0.21 |
| Zinc Dirty – Aluminum cast dirty with steel or tin attached | $0.12 | $0.13 | $0.13 |
| Appliance – Large metal applainces – Price Per Appliance | $5 | $5 | $5 |
| Titanium Solid Pieces – no other metal or solder | $0.98 | $1.05 | $1.12 |
| Titanium Turnings or Shavings | $0.78 | $0.84 | $0.9 |
| Range Lead – Bullets that have been fired | $0.35 | $0.4 | $0.4 |