We have the proper software and the personnel to get and process the enormous amount of information our customers require, such as documentation for managing their heats and inventory levels. Freight is the overriding factor. It can represent 20-25 percent of the product's delivered price. By contrast, incoming freight typically is 5-10 percent of the item. Samuel Recycling usually can recover this cost in the selling price of the processed scrap, says company president John Dulin.
Mills pay a premium to transport scrap from a remote market.
Thus, it behooves a processor to develop a special grade or process that a buyer wants enough to reach out and pay more to obtain. Shredder clip is a special grade that many foundries, which can't use standard shredder scrap, consider good raw material. The key is the processor's net, regardless of how far the scrap moves. Back to New Steel features archive listings. Return to New Steel home page.