#2 Copper Scrap Price in Alaska
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Alaska vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
#2 Copper market context — Alaska
The Alaska market for #2 Copper is shaped by the state's economic mix of oil and gas production, fishing, and mining. On a regional level, West Coast ports and the regional mill base feed downstream demand from construction and electrical work, though longer shipping legs to inland mills can show up in posted yard rates. The largest pocket of yards taking #2 Copper sits in Anchorage. 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 the yard before driving over is the simplest way to confirm the day's rate and that they want the grade you have on hand.
Scrap Yards Buying #2 Copper in Alaska
- Alaska Scrap & Recycling— Anchorage
- Autocat Recycling of Alaska— Anchorage
- C & R Metal Recycling— Fairbanks
- Car Killer Recycling— Anchorage
- Central Recycling Services— Anchorage
- D & S Recycling— Juneau
- Peninsula Scrap & Salvage Company— Soldotna
- Schnitzer Alaska— Anchorage
- Schnitzer Steel Industries-AK— Anchorage
- Scrap Yard— Sitka
- Tri Metal International LLC— Wasilla
- W N Salvage Recyclers— North Pole
- WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center— Anchorage
- Wotc Scrap Metal Recycling Inc— Anchorage