"Bolted" wrote in message
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On 22 Jan, 15:40, "Vortex4" wrote:
I have had a pile of scrap pipes and fittings accumulating behind my
garage
for a few years. Maybe 15-20 kilos.

Took it to the non ferrous metal merchant yesterday and he gave me 55
quid!
Staggering. I shall be having an unscheduled curry this weekend as a
direct
result.

I must have the same amount of copper again if I dig around. There's good
value in those old pipes.

China is hoovering resources back up to pre-crash levels:

http://www.kitcometals.com/charts/co...ge.html#5years

crikey,

3.3 USD per pound = ~7.25 USD per kg = ~ 4.50 quid per kg

You know I was looking in Homebase the other day and was surprised at the
(low) price of copper pipe compared to B&Q. IIRC about 10% cheaper.

Must be that Homebase stock is slow moving.

It's clear that copper prices are 10% up in the last month:
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/f...hree_month.stm