
Copper Shooting For The Moon, Still Pushing 10-Year Highs – 5/5/21
With copper prices rising and worldwide demand increasing, we won’t be surprised to see a quick decrease or a fast increase coming soon.
Read MoreScrap Metal | Scrap Price | Updated Price Date |
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Copper National Average | $3.42/lb | Updated 05/22/2022 |
Steel National Average | $158.00/ton | Updated 05/22/2022 |
Aluminum National Average | $0.53/lb | Updated 05/22/2022 |
With copper prices rising and worldwide demand increasing, we won’t be surprised to see a quick decrease or a fast increase coming soon.
Read MoreIncreased prices have been fueled by increased demand in the world’s economic recovery. We have seen scrap yards increasing their prices over the last couple of weeks by about $0.30/ lb. on copper #1 and #2 on average. On top of this, we have seen a continued push for higher prices across all aluminum markets, and these price increases could continue throughout the rest of the year.
Read MoreWith copper leading the way over the last week, with gains of $0.20 per pound, we have seen all reported prices jumping. More importantly, we continue to see the aluminum market gaining steam and momentum moving forward.
Read MoreFor the last few weeks, copper seems to go from being the most talked-about subject to the most boring one. The best news is that it is exactly how we like it to be. Copper prices have barely moved over the last few weeks, with very minor up or downswings, which has shown stability in the market for the first time in months.
Read MoreOver the last week, we have watched copper, which has been relatively calm (other than some strikes in different mines that caused large jumps in the market.
Read MoreCopper from 1980 through 2005…Copper has become one of (if not) the hottest commodity going into 2021, with the markets drastically going up during the last 6 months of 2020 and into 2021. For many years during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, copper was one of the most underappreciated metals.
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Read MoreWith more money being thrown around than ever before in the world right now, it’s crazy to see what’s going on with pricing and commodities and vaccinations and everything else. With so much going on we have had our head on a constant swivel listening for more information and pushing for more market news to be able to share with you.
Read MoreWith aluminum prices continuing to climb, we have seen the price of aluminum really having a steady increase this year. While aluminum prices have always lagged behind in their growth patterns, with the tariffs in place we really saw them get hammered the last couple of years.
Read MoreCopper continues to soar. Let’s just keep with that topic as we have seen the copper prices increasing and even approaching the all-time record high.
Read MoreWhile the stimulus has been heavily discussed, one of the major reasons that the price of copper has gone up has been the optimistic point of view, not only for electric vehicles coming on board but also for the world recovery from what was 2020.
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