Built for Wire & Cable
Copper Scrap Recycling for Wire, Cable & Electrical Manufacturers
Wire, cable and electrical equipment manufacturers generate bare bright, insulated wire, EDM wire, winding scrap, bus bar drops and copper foil. V-V Metals has bought and graded those streams out of Cleveland, Ohio since 1986.
Copper
Why do wire & cable need specialist copper handling?
V-V Metals buys and recycles copper scrap in nearly every industrial form -- #1 and #2 copper, bare bright and insulated wire, EDM wire, tube and bus bar cut-offs, turnings, foil, powder, oxidized red powder, spills and puckable fines.
Insulated wire is only worth what its recovery yield says it is worth. Selling it against a blanket percentage instead of a real copper content figure is where wire producers give up margin.
Copper is priced off COMEX, so the money is made or lost in the grading. Our buyers separate #1 from #2, pull alloyed and clad material out of the mix, and pay each fraction on its own merit instead of averaging a whole load down to the lowest grade in the container.
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What copper do you take from wire & cable?
We buy solids, wire, turnings, foil, powder, spills and puckable fines, including the awkward fractions most yards would rather leave on your floor.
- #1 copper solids, punchings and bus bar drops
- #2 copper, sheet, tube and mixed unalloyed copper
- Bare bright, insulated building wire and EDM wire
- Copper turnings, chips and high-grade grinds
- Copper foil, powder, oxidized and red powder
- Copper-clad material, spills and puckable fines
Your Programme
How the account is run
Loads are weighed on a certified scale, sampled for moisture and non-metallic attachment, then graded against ISRI specifications. You get the grade breakdown on the settlement sheet, not a single lump number.
- Copper recovery yield established on insulated and jacketed wire before pricing
- Bare bright and #1 kept clear of clad and alloyed copper at the source
- Secure handling and reconciliation for high-value copper lots
- Direct placement with copper refiners and rod mills
Copper moves daily, so settlement timing matters as much as grading on large wire and cable lots.
- Certified scale weights with a printed grade-by-grade settlement sheet
- Container, gaylord, drum or roll-off placement sized to your copper volume
- Segregation guidance so bare bright and #1 do not get downgraded in the box
- Scheduled or on-call pickup coordinated around your production window
- Direct shipment to copper mills, refiners and smelters -- never to another dealer
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do you buy copper from wire, cable & electrical manufacturers?
Yes. wire & cable typically generate bare bright, insulated wire, EDM wire, winding scrap, bus bar drops and copper foil, and copper scrap recycling is one of our core purchasing programmes. V-V Metals buys and recycles copper scrap in nearly every industrial form -- #1 and #2 copper, bare bright and insulated wire, EDM wire, tube and bus bar cut-offs, turnings, foil, powder, oxidized red powder, spills and puckable fines.
What is the biggest copper mistake wire & cable make?
Insulated wire is only worth what its recovery yield says it is worth. Selling it against a blanket percentage instead of a real copper content figure is where wire producers give up margin. Copper is priced off COMEX, so the money is made or lost in the grading. Our buyers separate #1 from #2, pull alloyed and clad material out of the mix, and pay each fraction on its own merit instead of averaging a whole load down to the lowest grade in the container.
How do you set up a copper programme for our operation?
We walk the floor, find where solids, wire, turnings, foil, powder, spills and puckable fines accumulate, place the right container at each source, then agree a service frequency. Copper moves daily, so settlement timing matters as much as grading on large wire and cable lots.
Where does our material end up?
Unlike many scrap companies, V-V Metals does not sell purchased material to other scrap dealer houses. Everything we buy goes directly to mills, foundries or smelters, so there is one margin between your dock and the end user instead of two or three. Copper scrap from wire & cable moves to copper refiners and rod mills.
Ready to fix your copper stream?
Call to review your copper material, agree grading, and get containers on site.
Call (440) 585-5959