Metals and Prices

• Extrusion -The act or process of shaping by forcing through a die (ex. clean window frame, pipe, channel)
• Siding/Gutters - Thin sheet aluminum (ex. house siding, gutters, downspouts)
• Clip - Flat plates of aluminum not less than 1/8 inch thick (ex. plate, flat stock)
• Old Sheet - Thin sheet aluminum with minimal contamination (ex. plastic, steel, rubber, awning, window frame unclean, screen door unclean, AC condensers)
• Cast - Refers to shape cast items made by pouring aluminum into shape casts (ex. automotive engine parts, auto wheels, grill covers)
• Turnings - made by turning stock in lathes (ex. chips and curls from turning)

• #1 - Clean uncoated, unpainted, bare orange copper (ex. stripped not burnt wire, pipe without solder, electrical connections)
• #2 - Has a small amount of solder, paint, or other contaminants, less then 4% by volume (ex. pipe with solder or paint, burnt wire )
• #3 - Also known as sheet copper, thin sheet often formed into usable shapes (ex. gutters, flashing, roofing)
• Turnings - made by turning stock in lathes (ex. chips and curls from turning)
• #1 Wire - Clean untinned, uncoated wire not less than 10gauge
• #2 Wire - Clean untinned, uncoated wire smaller than 10gauge

• Yellow - Golden in color (ex. some valves, decorative items)
• Faucet - almost always chrome or nickel plated (ex. water faucets & handles)
• Turnings -made by turning stock in lathes (ex. chips and curls from turning)

• Solids - An alloy of steel that does not rust and is usually non-magnetic (ex. sinks, pipe, cooking ware)
• Turnings -made by turning stock in lathes (ex. chips and curls from turning)

• Sheet Iron - Steel formed into thin and flat pieces usually less than 6 MM in thickness ( ex. household appliances, car body panels, hot water tanks)
• Cast Iron - Refers to shape cast items made by pouring molten iron into shape casts (ex. cookware, pipe, engine blocks, brake rotors)
• Plate & Structural - Structural shapes & plate steel not less than 1/4 in thick. (ex. I-Beam, channel, angles, flat plate)
• #2 / Heavy Melt - Wrought Iron or steel scrap at least 1/8 inch thick. (ex. pipe, car frames, axles, auto rims)

* for steel to be considered prepared it must be less than 2' x 5' in size. Anything over is considered unprepared.

• AL/CU Radiators - CU tube with aluminum cooling fins (with no steel brackets)
• Lead - Shall consist of soft clean scrap lead (ex. fishing sinkers, lead plate, pipe)