Platinum
$1,618 USD /oz
▲ $21.00 (+1.31%)
Palladium
$1,116 USD /oz
▲ $34.00 (+3.14%)
Rhodium
$9,250 USD /oz
▼ $100.00 (-1.07%)
Copper
$6.57 USD /lb
▼ $0.0510 (-0.77%)
Aluminum
$1.36 USD /lb
▲ $0.0030 (+0.22%)
Steel (Shredded (SHS))
$413.00 USD /mt
– $0.0000 (+0.00%)
Nickel
$7.02 USD /lb
▲ $0.0105 (+0.15%)
Lead
$0.8500 USD /lb
▲ $0.0032 (+0.38%)
Zinc
$1.73 USD /lb
▼ $0.0078 (-0.45%)
Gold
$4,154 USD /oz
▲ $43.50 (+1.06%)
Silver
$57.16 USD /oz
▲ $1.48 (+2.67%)
USD/CAD
1.4207
▼ $0.0015 (-0.11%)
· 9 min read
How One Vancouver Yard Stopped Leaving Money on the Table Most scrap yards in British Columbia have the same problem: they know their metal has value, but they have no real way to prove it at the time of sale. You call your usual buyer, they give you a number, and you take it. There's no...
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Copper Supply Shifts Are Rewriting Metal Recycling Prices Canada-Wide — Here's What That Means for Your Yard Global copper supply doesn't move quietly. When it shifts, it sends ripples through every scrap category — aluminum, catalytic converters, non-ferrous loads, all of it. And right now, in...
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· SMASH AI · 4 min read
Prices as of August 14, 2026 at 07:31 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🟢 Market Mood: BULLISHAll tracked metals are higher today. Jump to:Gold — $4,379/oz ▲ Silver — $64.93/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▲ $8,800 · Pt ▲ $1,739 · Pd ▲ $1,300 Copper — $6.59/lb ▲ Aluminum — $1.47/lb ▲ Ste...
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Canadian winters don't just slow down traffic — they reshape the entire scrap metal market. If you run a recycling yard or manage inventory in St. Catharines, you already know this. But knowing it and being ready for it are two different things. Seasonal demand swings hit the Canadian scrap metal...
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of August 13, 2026 at 07:31 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🔴 Market Mood: BEARISHAll tracked metals are lower today. Jump to:Gold — $4,384/oz ▼ Silver — $64.89/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,725 · Pt ▼ $1,728 · Pd ▼ $1,318 Copper — $6.59/lb ▼ Aluminum — $1.49/lb ▼ Stee...
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· 9 min read
The Old Way of Selling Scrap Is Dying — Here's What Replaces It Most scrap yards in Canada still run on the same playbook they used twenty years ago: call your buyer, agree on a number, load the truck. No competition. No documentation trail. No way to know if you left money on the table. For...
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· SMASH AI · 4 min read
Prices as of August 12, 2026 at 07:31 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🟢 Market Mood: BULLISH6 of 8 metals higher (Gold, Silver & 4 others); 1 lower (Aluminum). Jump to:Gold — $4,412/oz ▲ Silver — $65.97/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▲ $8,725 · Pt ▲ $1,768 · Pd ▲ $1,372 Copper — $6.67...
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· 10 min read
Stop Leaving Money on the Table: How to Maximize Scrap Metal Lot Value in Canada Most yards sell scrap the same way they did twenty years ago — one buyer, one call, one price. If that buyer's having a slow week, you absorb the loss. In a market where copper scrap prices, palladium price, and...
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of August 11, 2026 at 07:31 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🟡 Market Mood: MIXED2 of 8 metals higher (Copper, Aluminum); 4 lower (Gold, Silver & 2 others). Jump to:Gold — $4,390/oz ▼ Silver — $64.99/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,650 · Pt ▼ $1,749 · Pd ▼ $1,352 Copper —...
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· 10 min read
# How Scrap Metal Grading Works — And Why It Determines What You Get Paid Most yards leave money on the table before a single bid is placed. Not because their metal isn't valuable — but because the listing doesn't tell buyers enough to compete confidently. In catalytic converter recycling Canada,...
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