#1 Copper Scrap Price in Maine
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Maine vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
US National Average
$5.31/lb
#1 Copper market context — Maine
Maine sees #1 Copper flow through yards tied to forestry and paper, fishing, and shipbuilding. Regionally, the dense Northeast corridor of mills, refiners, and ports keeps downstream demand close, which usually keeps yard pay tighter to the spot benchmark. The largest pocket of yards taking #1 Copper sits in Auburn. End-use demand for electrical wiring and plumbing sets the floor; what each yard pays on top of that depends on its volume and shipping setup. 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 Maine
- AIM Recycling— Bangor
- AIM Recycling— Arundel
- AIM Recycling USA— Bangor
- Air Recycling Usa— Caribou
- American Iron & Metal— Caribou
- B & S Scrap Recycling— Hudson
- Bangor Reycles— Orrington
- Berwick Iron & Metal Recycling— Berwick
- Cash for Clunkers— Scarborough
- Cia Salvage— Limerick
- Clark's Eastside Scrap— Augusta
- Clarks Westside Scrap— Norridgewock
- Corey Recycling— Orrington
- Demo Salvage— Baileyville
- Dig-It Equipment Sales— Hermon
- E Perry Iron & Metal Co— Portland
- Ellsworth Waste Services— Ellsworth
- G S Bonville— Presque Isle
- Goldstein Steel Co— Scarborough
- Green State LLC— South Portland
- Ideal Recycling Inc.— Carmel
- J & J Auto & Recycling— Orrington
- JSL Metal Recycling— Linneus
- Jackson Salvage— Washington
- Kennebec Metal Recycling— Skowhegan