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American Metal Recycling

11150 Redwood Ave, Fontana, CA 92337

(909) 988-8000Get DirectionsWebsite

About American Metal Recycling

Among the scrap and recycling outfits in Fontana, California is American Metal Recycling, which handles scrap metal recycling work. The site processes inbound material from individual sellers and small contractors, and acts as a turn-around point for local salvage volume. Information on which material types this site takes on a given day is not on file in the current directory snapshot. On the contact front, a phone line, a website, and an email contact appear in the listing. Day-to-day hours are recorded, which together form the yard's published-facing schedule and channel mix as filed with the directory, and give sellers a working sense of how to reach the site before driving over. Posted scrap prices move with the daily commodity market, so the intake quoted on a given day can differ from prices listed online or quoted earlier in the week. A short phone call before a drop-off pins down the day's number, and sellers can also use the same call to ask about minimum-load expectations, since some yards quote different rates depending on the inbound size.

Scrap Price Estimates (US Average)

Daily US average estimates updated Nov 10, 2026, not American Metal Recycling's own prices; call the yard for its pay rates. How we estimate prices.

MetalEst. PriceUnit
Bare Bright Copper$5.54/lb
#1 Copper$5.31/lb
#2 Copper$4.73/lb
Insulated Copper Wire$2.60/lb
Copper Pipe (Clean)$5.14/lb
Aluminum (Mixed)$0.70/lb
Aluminum Cans$0.95/lb
Aluminum Extrusion$0.99/lb
Steel (Heavy Melt)$285.00/ton
Light Iron / Sheet$215.00/ton
Cast Iron$0.18/lb
Stainless Steel (304)$0.62/lb
Listing source: name, address, phone and hours carried over from this site's earlier directory (imported May 9, 2026). Google Maps listed it as operating when we checked on Sep 9, 2026. Something wrong or out of date? Report a mistake. How we check listings.

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