Eastern Cape Scrap Metal Prices - South Africa

Eastern Cape is South Africa's second largest province with a population of almost 7 million people. It is home to Port Elizabeth and it's seen much economic growth over the past few decades. The scrap metal industry has seen a huge amount of growth and it has become a great place for the purchase and sale of scrap metal. Before you start selling scrap metal in Eastern Cape make sure that you know the laws that control the buying and selling of scrap metal in the area. South Africa has seen changes in the law to combat the growing threat of scrap metal theft. Make sure to always take ID with you to the scrap yard otherwise you will not be able to sell anything. Also, when possible take a receipt for you to sell scrap metal, even if it's a hand written one. All sales must have a receipt.

The best way to learn the laws in your area is to speak to local scrap yards they will know the best insider information and all the things you will need to bring for a successful sale. The next important factor is having knowledge of scrap metal prices before you go to sell. This will help you understand if you are getting a fair price. No matter whether you are selling titanium, steel or gold make sure you have a good understanding of the price per kilogram of your scrap metal.

Eastern Cape is home too many great scrap yards. While some are better than others, we recommend that you try each of them and find the scrap yard that best fits your needs. Some scrap yards are better for raw materials, others are more specialized dealing mainly in one type of scrap. Car scrap yards are an example of specialist dealers. If you are not sure how to find valuable scrap then the following tips will help. Go for higher valued material. The price of scrap copper is higher than the price of scrap steel for example. However, finding large amounts of scrap steel is much easier than scrap copper. Copper is most commonly found in wiring and old industrial equipment.

As you can imagine scrap gold has one the highest prices of all materials but isn't found easily. Scrap gold can be use make consistent money by buying old jewelry at below the scrap value and once you have collected it scrap it for a small profit. Whatever scrap you are going for make sure that you are 100% sure that you can legally take it. Scrap theft is a serious offence and can get you in a lot of trouble. Below you will find guide prices for all things scrap metal in Eastern Cape, South Africa. For more tips and prices list all around the cities and provinces of South Africa click here.