Aluminum Recycling Return on Investment

If you have been selling your scrap aluminum for recycling you know the prices for uncompacted aluminum scrap. You probably know now that the price for scrap aluminum, copper and other metals is much higher in a briquette form. We have shown the percentage difference in scrap aluminum price as compared to briquette aluminum scrap. However, rather than just giving you general pricing figures, we feel that before you make an investment in a metal scrap briquetter you should know how these prices apply directly to you and your aluminum recycling and scrap metal processing practices.

Briquetted Material Brings In More Money!

Why are briquettes more valuable than scrap metal chips?

Briquettes have several advantages for the melter (foundry or smelter) that translate into more value. These advantages include:

Less surface area to oxidize and become slag. Because 90%+ of the briquette is submerged in the melt bath the material does not have a chance to become slag. This typically produces yields in the 94% to 96% range versus 45% to 80% for clean and dry turnings.
Briquettes are drier than chips from a chip wringer. When chips from even the best wringer are briquetted there is still liquid to be pressed from the chips. Less liquid results in more value to the melter.
Briquettes are easier to handle both in transporting to the furnace and once in the furnace. It is easier to pick up blocks rather than chips. Handling losses are decreased. Because chips are light they can usually be pulled to the bag house rather than into the melt bath.

Applied Recovery Systems Briquetting Machines Pay For Themselves!

Scrap Aluminum Price: Calculate Your Return On Investment

As with any investment, it is important that you understand the return you will receive from an investment. The same applies when investing in a briquetting system. Applied Recovery Systems, Inc. has developed an easy to use form for calculating your return on investment.

By knowing your volume of scrap material and the scrap aluminum price you have been receiving, ARS, Inc. can provide you with a payback analysis. Further, we can provide a price for scrap aluminum, scrap copper, scrap steel or any other scrap metal price for briquetted recyclables. In addition to providing you with a briquetted scrap aluminum price or scrap copper price we can provide you with a list of buyers across America.

For a no obligation payback analysis on your scrap reclamation, fill out the online ROI form today!