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Price of scrap lead?

I have gathered up over 60 kg's of lead whilst renovating my house, does anyone know what price I will get at a scrap merchants and if it is a good time to sell (as it is with copper)?

cheers
HB

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  • HugoSP
    HugoSP Posts: 2,467 Forumite
    At a rough guess you would probably get about £1 per kilo.

    I seems to go up every time I weigh stuff in. Copper was fetching £2 a kilo last time I took some up, but that was some time ago.
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  • Just got back from the scrap yard.

    60p a kilo, 65 Kg's in total, so £39.
  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    all metals are getting good prices now. cause of the china effect.
    hence metal theft has gone up by a huge factor. churches & railways are having a big problem right now.
    copper is very expensive now.
    Get some gorm.
  • leveller2911
    leveller2911 Posts: 8,061 Forumite
    Spammer, spamming old thread.............
  • dogfish12
    dogfish12 Posts: 159 Forumite
    Hello, does anyone know if the scrap yards will buy old lead sea fishing weights. And if so how much do you think I will get for a hundredweight 114 pound, I think. Many thanks
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    dogfish12 wrote: »
    Hello, does anyone know if the scrap yards will buy old lead sea fishing weights.
    Why don't you ask one?
    And if so how much do you think I will get for a hundredweight 114 pound, I think. Many thanks
    Going rate is about £1k a tonne atm IIRC - Google will help you!!!

    Cheers
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  • 27col
    27col Posts: 6,554 Forumite
    I'm afraid that some people seem to want other people to do all the work for them keystone.
    I can afford anything that I want.
    Just so long as I don't want much.
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