#1 Copper Scrap Price in Delaware
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Delaware vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
#1 Copper market context — Delaware
Yards in Delaware that buy #1 Copper draw from the local mix of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and finance. Regionally, the dense Northeast corridor of mills, refiners, and ports keeps downstream demand close, which usually keeps yard pay tighter to the spot benchmark. Most of the state's posted-rate activity for #1 Copper clusters in and around Dover. Sellers usually find that posted rates respond to the same end-use demand for electrical wiring and plumbing that drives the national market, with yard-to-yard differences inside the state coming down to volume and downstream relationships. Calling ahead to confirm the rate and that the yard is buying the grade you have is always worth the minute it takes.
Scrap Yards Buying #1 Copper in Delaware
- C&J Contracting— Dover
- Company The TC-Brandywine Wds— Bear
- Diamond State Recycling Corporation— Wilmington
- Donovan Salvage— Georgetown
- Double Diamond Recycling— Dover
- Eastern Metal Recycling Terminal— New Castle
- Emr-New Castle— New Castle
- Gold Metal Environmental— Wilmington
- Kent Scrap Metal— Milford
- Kroeger's Recycling— Seaford
- Newark Jewelry & Coin— Newark
- Newark Recycling Inc— Newark
- Scrap Jack— Dover
- Scrap Metals— New Castle
- Sussex Scrap Metal— Delmar