STAINLESS STEEL is a type of steel resistant to corrosion and wear, given that the chrome which it contains (minimum 10.5% of chrome) has a great affinity with oxygen and reacts with it thus avoiding corrosion of the iron.

High-speed steel (HSS or HS) is a subset of tool steels, commonly used as cutting tool material. It is often used in power-saw blades and drill bits.

Tool steel refers to a variety of carbon and alloy steels that are particularly well-suited to be made into tools. Their suitability comes from their distinctive hardness, resistance to abrasion and deformation, and their ability to hold a cutting edge at elevated temperatures. Tool steels are suited for use in the shaping of other materials.

Through the addition of particular alloys, low-alloy steels possess precise chemical compositions and provide better mechanical properties than many conventional mild or carbon steels. These alloys typically comprise 1 to 5 percent of the steel’s content and are added based on their ability to provide a very specific attribute.

Copper is among the most valuable metals available when it comes to scrap collection and recycling.  With an infinite recyclable life, copper is used and reused in motors, computers, construction, industrial machinery and more.  Whether you’re a collector or dealer of scrap in a hobbyist, part-time or professional capacity, a reliable method of sourcing quality […]

Bronze and Brass are copper alloys, which means that they primarily contain copper with various other metals, such as zinc, tin, and lead to form a new metal in the form of bronze or brass. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, brass is yellow in color and often used as a substitute of […]

ALIMINIUM is a light metal, soft but resistant, having a brilliant white colour and a density approximately a third of that of steel or copper. We can find aluminum scrap in the following forms : ALIMINIUM is a light metal, soft but resistant, having a brilliant white color and a density approximately a third of that […]

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ZINC is a bluish white metal, which has similarities with magnesium and beryllium. The most common alloys of zinc are with aluminum and copper, which improve the characteristics of zinc including its ability to be molded. It is also a lesser component in various alloys, mainly with copper as brass (3% to 45% zinc), alpaca 

LEAD is a heavy metal which is steamed to give it a matt grey colour. It is flexible, non-elastic and can be easily smelted. It is not a good conductor of electricity, but it is resistant to radiation and corrosion. Lead can form alloys with many metals, and is used in this way in the