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Birch/Cliff copper scrap · verified buyers
Birch/Cliff buyers are copper refineries and smelters, brass and alloy mills, and scrap traders, with large markets in India, China, South East Asia and Europe. They pay a discount to the LME that depends on the tested copper content. On Copper Supply you can post a free selling offer, and members who buy copper scrap are told about it within minutes.
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Post it freeIndia, China, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and parts of Europe are large markets. Import rules differ by country, so check them before you offer.
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Post a selling offer with the grade split, tonnage, loading port, photos and price. You can price as a % of LME on the Cu content, LME − US$/t, LME ± %, a fixed price, or open to offers. Listings stay live 90 days. Buyers ask for an introduction and see your checks. Copper Supply takes no commission and never holds trade money.
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Birch/Cliff is No. 2 copper scrap. Birch is No. 2 copper wire, which has some oxidation, coating or contamination. Cliff is No. 2 copper solids such as mixed pieces, tube and clippings. Both are typically about 94% to 96% copper.
Millberry is clean, bare No. 1 wire of about 99% copper or better. Birch/Cliff is No. 2 wire and solids with more oxidation and contamination and lower copper content. Millberry sells closer to the LME.
As a percentage of the LME or a discount per tonne below it. The discount is wider than for millberry and depends on the tested copper content, contamination, location and payment terms.
Secondary copper smelters and refineries, brass and alloy mills, and scrap traders. India, China, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and parts of Europe are large markets, each with its own import rules.
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Typical birch/cliff copper scrap specification
It depends on the country. Several African countries restrict, tax or ban scrap metal exports, and South Africa runs an export control system for scrap. Check the current rules and make sure the seller holds a valid export permit.
Ask for a dated video of the actual lot, appoint an independent inspector to check the grade, weight and contamination at loading, and start with one container. Do not pay in full before the goods are inspected and loaded.
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