Lead scrap in the UK

Consumption and production of lead is nowadays growing worldwide. About a half of lead production is secured by recycled lead scrap. According to some sources, with current consumption growth we may run out of natural lead ore resources very soon, so the role of lead scrap recycling is now gaining significant importance. Another advantage for lead recycling is the fact, that raw lead contains some slightly radioactive isotopes, thus lead mining is to some extent connected with radioactive emission danger. Lead scrap market as of today is rapidly developing. The list below presents the latest data on lead scrap trading.

Lead scrap prices

Lead is obtained from different types of scrap: structural steel containing lead paint, construction materials, such as pipes, roofing materials, etc, cast metals and leaded steel components. But the main resource for lead is scrap automobiles, batteries and battery terminals to be more precise, which may be easily extracted from cars and are more expensive as non-ferrous scrap, when separated from main car body. As other non-ferrous metals, lead is the most valuable, when it is free of contaminants, such as pitch and tar. Besides, those working with lead materials should be very cautious, in order to avoid lead contamination and poisoning. Lead is prized for its malleability and softness and it has been used everywhere around the globe since Ancient Rome period, so there are established rules to assess the quality and, thus, price of lead scrap. At the British Scrap Metal portal you may find the very type of lead scrap, you are interested in for reasonable price.