Scrap Steel Recycling
The Inter-Continental Metal Exchange (IME) connects Buyers and Sellers of
Scrap Iron & Steel,
You may add your inquiry for the specific grade of scrap you wish to deal in
and the exchange service will match you with potential trading partners.
Ferrous Metal Recycling Information
For anyone seeking current information or research data on the scrap iron and steel recycling industry,
you may access and ask your
Recycling Questions
to a core group of experienced and knowledgeable recycling industry professionals.
Ferrous Metals
Ferrous Metal refers to iron (Fe) based metals which include
Scrap Steel,
Railroad,
Ship Breaking,
Mill Prepared Steel and
Used, Reusable, Seconds. These ferrous metals
are the most recycled metal by weight. These are metals are magnetic and are originaly created from the
Steel Making
process.
Sheet Iron Scrap
Sheet Iron (Sheet Tin) shall consist of miscellaneous iron & steel scrap items and may include light gauge pieces,
galvanized sheet, painted & coated materials.
If you wish to recycle
Sheet Iron Scrap
you may post your request to the online exchange.
In most city's or areas with larger populations sheet tin is a feedstock for local steel shredding operations.
In remote geographic areas that are not accessable to a local shredder Sheet Iron is compressed into
No.2 Bundled Steel Scrap.
No.2 Bundles shall consist of clean steel compressed into chargeage bundles with a minimum weight density of 75 lb./cubic foot.
This grade may contain galvanized sheet & old metal auto body parts.
Scrap White Goods
You may list
Scrap White Goods
that include major household appliances including stoves, fridges, freezers, clothes washers, dryers & dish washers.
Mill Prepared White Goods are graded as a
No.3 Bundled
Steel Scrap.
Steel Can Scrap
If you wish to Buy or Sell Used or
Steel Can Scrap
you may post your request to the online exchange.
This material is typically generated from food cans from
municipal recycling
programs and may be flattened or whole steel cans.
It may also contain Bi-Metal (aluminum/steel) beverage cans.
CAUTION May not contain aerosol cans.
Segragated steel food cans my become a feedstock as
De-Tinning Scrap
There is also a market for
Bundled Steel Can Scrap, which are compressed steel cans with a minimum weight density of 75 lb./cubic foot.
Heavy Steel Scrap
Steel is one of the most recycled commodities on the planet.
If you wish to Buy or Sell
Heavy Scrap Steel
you may post your request to the online exchange.
Mixed Heavy Steel may contain any combination of clean #1 or #2 steel with a minimum thickness of 1/8 of an inch.
The exchange service directly connects generators of steel scrap with users of these materials.
#1 Steel Scrap
The scrap steel grade that shows the strongest worldwide demand is
HMS No.1 Steel Scrap.
Heavy Melting Steel #1 (HMS1) consists of clean steel with a minimum thickness of 1/4" and a maximum size of 60"x24",
material handling compatible to feed a furnace charge box.
There is a premium market for
No.1 HMS (2 foot) Steel Scrap
that may consist of plate & structural or heavy #1 steel with a maximum size of 24"x18".
#2 Steel Scrap
A popular common grade of scrap is
No.2 HMS Steel Scrap.
#2 Steel consists of plate and structural (P&S) or heavy steel with a minimum thickness of 1/8" and a maximum size of 60"x18",
material handling compatible to feed a furnace charge box.
There is a premium market for
No.2 HMS (2 foot) Steel Scrap.
#2 Steel (2 foot) includes plate and structural (P&S) or heavy steel with a minimum thickness of 1/8"
and a maximum size of 24"x18", material handling compatible to feed a furnace charge box.
(no hooking or binding shapes)
Cast Iron Scrap
If you wish to recycle
Mixed Cast Iron Scrap which includes
old broken or unbroken machinery, assorted size castings including oversized castings,
you may post your request to the online exchange.
Automotive Cast
The exchange service matches anyone dealing in Sorted
Automotive Cast Iron Scrap.
This includes sorted broken or unbroken cast iron automotive scrap, brake drums and rotors or clean crushed
motor block
provided that no individual piece exceeds 18 inches in any direction.
Machine Cast
If you wish to Buy or Sell
Sorted Machine Cast Iron Scrap
the exchange service directly connects generators with users of these materials.
Sorted Machine Cast consists of sorted broken or unbroken cast iron machinery scrap, not to exceed 18"x18"
Cast Iron Motor Block
Unclean Motor Block Scrap is
whole or part cast iron auto or truck engines that may, or may not, have Transmissions attached.
Clean Motor Block
shall consist of stripped cast iron motor blocks, free of oil pan, pistons, and all foreign attachments.
Steel Turnings & Iron Borings
If you wish to recycle
Mixed Steel Turnings
you may post your request to the online exchange.
The exchange service directly connects generators of,
with users of, both turnings and
Iron Borings .
The collection of wet turnings, borings or grindings from machining operations that are saturated with
cutting oils
require specialized material handling to contain the liquids.
Some recyclers densify or briquette the turnings to remove or reduce the free flowing oils,
some use centrifuge filtration and
others use natural gravity drainage dumping into floor contaiment and collection systems.
There is a premium market for clean uniform hot or cold
Briquetted Steel Turnings & Borings.
Car Body Scrap
Whole
Scrap Cars
may be delivered to a local
Auto Recycling Depot
where the auto wrecker can dismantle and
Prepare
the car body hulks for further processing.
The
Prepared Car Body Scrap
may be
Flattened
or transported directly as
Auto Shredder
feedstock.
Railroad Scrap
If you wish to Buy or Sell Used or
Scrap Rail
you may post your request to the online exchange.
The exchange service directly connects generators of
Railroad Scrap
with users of these materials.
There is also a market for
Used Railroad Equipment.
Ship Breaking Scrap
Ship Wrecking, decommissioning or dismantling of old ships yields large quantities of
Ship Breaking Scrap.
Amongst the steel scrap, efforts are made to salvage
Rerollable Ship Plate
and scrap ships are a source of
Ship Propeller Scrap.
Mill Prepared Steel Scrap
Grades of
Mill Prepared Steel Scrap
ready for delivery in truck load quantities (minimum 40,000 lbs.)
may be listed on The Inter-Continental Metal Exchange (IME).
The strict preparation of scrap materials must meet the grade
specifications
acceptable to the consuming steel mill.
Used, Reusable Steel
The Resale of Used,
Reusable Steel
items such as Angle Iron, Steel Beam, Plate, Rod, Bar and
Recovered Steel Seconds including Tube, Pipe and Gauge Steel / Coils & Sheet make up a vibrant
Steel Salvage
market.
Buyers and Sellers may connect by submitting an inquiry to the online exchange.
Iron Energy
The potential to generate energy from the oxidation of metals presents an exciting option in the recovery pathway.
The controled oxidation of metalic Iron fines, sometimes reffered to as rapid rusting or Burning Iron,
presents the opportunity to harness energy.
Certain metals such as Iron (Fe) may be induced to oxidize in a steam reactor to generate
Heat, Electricity and H2
(Hydrogen)
as harvestable outputs.
Iron Ore Beneficiation
The
beneficiation
of Iron Ore is a method to concentrate the iron oxide content and separate the gauge materials.
The conversion of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) from Iron Oxides produces an elemental sponge iron,
Please note this output is NOT equivalent to carbon steel
Iron Oxides may be reduced to Iron (Fe) with the use of Hydrogen or Hydrogen in the form of water or steam.
DRI or Elemental Sponge Iron along with Fe dusts or scrap iron fines may be oxidized with the use of a combustion or
a wet combustion module or a
conversion flow cell
to produce
Iron Energy.
Please remember that the oxidized iron may be regenerated by cycling back into the reduction loop
to perpetuate a continuum.
Trader Access Subscription
If you are an aggressive trader (Buyer or Seller) of Scrap Iron & Steel, you may wish to
Subscribe
to the Trader Access service.
This is a real-time service that allows you to receive new listings as they are added into the on-line exchange.
These fresh leads are provided with the contact information and details that allow you to deal
directly and immediately with the lister.
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Metal Exchange
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