#1 Copper Scrap Price in South Carolina
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in South Carolina vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
#1 Copper market context — South Carolina
Local supply of #1 Copper in South Carolina comes through yards that serve automotive manufacturing, aerospace, and tire production. On a regional level, Southeast steel and aluminum mills, plus Gulf and Atlantic ports, give yards short shipping legs to downstream buyers of electrical wiring and plumbing. Most of the state's posted-rate activity for #1 Copper clusters in and around Spartanburg. Posted rates inside the state move with end-use demand for electrical wiring and plumbing, and yard-to-yard spreads reflect each yard's volume and where it ships its sorted material. A quick call ahead confirms both the day's posted rate and whether the yard wants the specific grade you are bringing.
Scrap Yards Buying #1 Copper in South Carolina
- A & J Recycling— Cowpens
- A & P Recycling Co— Sumter
- A Recycling Center— Columbia
- AAA Metal— North Charleston
- Allen's Scrap Metal— Loris
- Alma Alloys Recycling— Gaffney
- American Scrap Iron & Metals— Cayce
- Anointed Converters & Cores— Gray Court
- Augusta Road Recycling— Piedmont
- Auto Salvage Co— Ladson
- B & D Scrap Metal— North Charleston
- B J Metals— Mayesville
- Barlet's Recycling— Easley
- Belton Metal Inc— Belton
- Berkeley Scrap Metal— Moncks Corner
- Bluff Road Recycling— Columbia
- Brewer Scrap Metal— Trenton
- Brock, Jerry— West Columbia
- Bush's Containers— Florence
- Bush's Recycling Inc— Florence
- C & C Metal Recycling— Greenwood
- C Mc Lexington— Lexington
- CMC Recycling— Cayce
- CMC Recycling— Spartanburg
- CRC Scrap Metal Recycling LLC— Duncan