Birmingham scrap metal prices

May 16, 2022

Birmingham is well known for their large and rich deposits of coal, iron ore and limestone; three main ingredients in the production of steel. It has also been referred to as the “Pittsburgh of the South.” Birmingham is home to many mills and manufacturers, including Nucor Steel, US Pipe, CMC Steel, US Steel and McWane Inc. among others.

Birmingham, Alabama is a broker’s buying market that represents 19 steel and iron scrap grades with historical prices online dating back to 1995 in the south region of the United States. Scrap Price Bulletin offers pricing and trends on the following metals in the Birmingham market: No. 1 heavy melting, No. 2 heavy melting, No. 1 dealer bundles, No. 1 busheling, shredded scrap, machine shop turnings, plate and structurals 5 ft. and under.

Fastmarkets SPB publishes more than 50 steel and iron scrap price grades and reports on 18 major North American ferrous scrap markets. Click here to visit the about our prices page or to find additional steel scrap terms, visit the glossary page.

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Ferrous scrap prices flat in Dec

By Sean Barry - December 8, 2021

North American ferrous scrap prices ended the year flat across the board in most regions of the country as early expectations of higher numbers were quickly dashed amid a rash of outages, healthy supply flows, weaker exports and mills reducing their buy programs for year-end accounting purposes.