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Written by Ameer Hamza<\/a><\/span>|<\/span>Published on October 21, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ask two scrap buyers in Jeddah to price the same pile of metal and you will often hear two different numbers. That gap is not random, and it is not always one buyer trying his luck. A scrap price is built out of several factors that any seller can understand \u2014 and once you know them, you can prepare your material properly, ask the right questions and recognise a fair offer when you hear one. This guide explains exactly what decides the value of your scrap in Jeddah and Makkah, factor by factor, with no invented rates and no sales talk.<\/p>\n

1. The metal itself \u2014 type and grade come first<\/h2>\n

Every scrap price starts with what the metal actually is. Copper sits at the top of the common household metals because industry demand for it is strong and it can be recycled indefinitely without losing quality. Brass and aluminium follow, then clean steel, and then iron, which is heavy and plentiful but worth less per kilo. Within each metal there are grades. Bright, clean copper wire is a different grade from copper pipe with soldered joints, and both differ from a copper winding still sealed inside a motor. The same applies to aluminium: a clean sheet or extrusion is graded higher than a cast piece coated in paint and rubber seals.<\/p>\n

This is why a serious buyer asks questions before quoting. If someone gives you a firm price for “a pile of metal” over the phone without knowing what is in it, that price is a guess \u2014 and guesses in this trade usually protect the guesser, not the seller.<\/p>\n

2. Purity \u2014 what is mixed in decides the grade<\/h2>\n

After metal type, purity is the biggest lever on price. Recyclers pay for the metal they can actually recover. A copper cable still wearing its plastic insulation contains far less copper per kilo than the bare wire inside it, so it is bought as insulated cable at a cable grade \u2014 not at a copper grade. An aluminium window frame with rubber strips, screws and glass residue is graded down for the same reason. A motor is bought as a motor, because separating its copper windings from its steel body takes labour and machinery.<\/p>\n

None of this is a trick; it is how smelters and processors price their own purchases, and it flows down the chain. What matters for you as a seller is that the assessment is explained honestly: which grade each item was put in, and why. If a buyer will not explain the grading, that is a reason to call another buyer.<\/p>\n

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Sorted and separated metal is graded faster \u2014 and usually graded better \u2014 than one mixed pile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. Separation \u2014 sorted metal earns more than a mixed pile<\/h2>\n

Because grading drives price, a sorted load is worth more than the same load thrown into one heap. When copper, brass, aluminium, steel and iron arrive already separated, the buyer can grade and weigh each type quickly and pay the right rate for each. When everything is mixed, someone has to do that sorting by hand \u2014 and mixed loads are often bought cautiously, at a blended rate that favours the buyer.<\/p>\n

You do not need to be an expert to prepare well. These steps make a real difference:<\/p>\n