Copper Scrap Prices: Weekly Market Report- July 18, 2025
The closing price of LME Copper 3-Month contract stood at USD 9,621.00 per tonne as of July 17, 2025.
SEATTLE (Scrap Monster):The below report analyses the weekly price trends of scrap copper across various regional markets during the past week (July 11 to 17, 2025) on the Scrap Monster Price Index.
North America Prices
The copper scrap prices in the region recorded mixed trend, when matched with the week before that. The prices of majority of the commodities edged lower, while the remaining maintained prior week’s price levels.
The biggest decline in prices over the prior week was witnessed in #3 Copper- Light Copper, whose prices edged lower by 1.18% from $5.10 per Lb to $5.04 per Lb. The other copper scrap varieties to record notable dip in prices include #2 Copper Wire and Tubing and #1 Copper Wire and Tubing, which recorded price declines by 1.15% and 1.13 % respectively.
The weekly price movement for #3 Copper- Light Copper is shown in the below chart:
The other copper scrap categories to witness decline in prices include #1 Copper Bare Bright, Heater Cores, Harness Wire 35% Recovery, Copper Radiators, Romex Wire, #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery and #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery.
The rest of the copper scrap categories held steady on the Index during the week ended July 17, 2025.
USA East Coast Prices
The prices of most copper scrap categories witnessed modest decline in the region. #3 Copper- Light Copper prices posted the biggest decline over the week.
The prices of #2 Copper Wire and Tubing and #1 Copper Wire and Tubing also decreased modestly over the week.
The weekly price chart of #2 Copper Wire and Tubing, whose prices edged lower from $5.20 per Lb to $5.14 per Lb, is provided below:
Also, the prices of #1 Copper Bare Bright, Heater Cores, Harness Wire 35% Recovery, Copper Radiators, Romex Wire, #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery and #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery recorded decline as of the week ended July 17, 2025.
Meanwhile, Cu/Al Radiators, Alternators, Copper Transformer Scrap, Cu Yokes, Cu/Al Radiator Ends, Cu/Al Radiators/Fe, Scrap Electric Motors, Sealed Units, Starters and Xmas Lights held steady over the previous week.
USA Midwest Prices
The copper scrap prices in the region witnessed mixed trend, when matched with the week before that. The prices of majority of the commodities edged lower.
The largest dip in prices over the prior week was witnessed in #3 Copper- Light Copper, whose prices edged lower from $4.99 per Lb to $4.93 per Lb. The other copper scrap varieties to record notable decline in prices include #2 Copper Wire and Tubing and #1 Copper Wire and Tubing, which recorded price declines by 1.18% and 1.16% respectively.
The weekly price movement for #1 Copper Wire and Tubing is shown in the below chart:
Additionally, the prices of #1 Copper Bare Bright, Heater Cores, Harness Wire 35% Recovery, Copper Radiators, Romex Wire, #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery and #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery witnessed decrease week-on-week.
USA West Coast Prices
The prices of some copper scrap categories witnessed marginal decline in the region. #3 Copper- Light Copper and #2 Copper Wire and Tubing prices posted the biggest decline over the week. The prices of the above commodities were down by 1.16% and 1.14% respectively over the previous week.
The prices of #1 Copper Wire and Tubing also recorded modest decline over the week, falling by 1.12%.
Also, the prices of #1 Copper Bare Bright, Heater Cores, Harness Wire 35% Recovery, Copper Radiators, Romex Wire, #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery and #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery recorded decline during the week.
In contrast, Cu/Al Radiators, Alternators, Copper Transformer Scrap, Cu Yokes, Cu/Al Radiator Ends, Cu/Al Radiators/Fe, Scrap Electric Motors, Sealed Units, Starters and Xmas Lights witnessed no change in prices during the previous week.
China Prices
The prices of a few copper scrap commodities recorded decline over the previous week. In the meantime, the rest of the commodities held steady on the Index.
#2 Copper Wire and Tubing prices edged lower by 0.96% week-on-week to close at CNY 72,150 per MT during the week.
The prices of #1 Copper Wire and Tubing also were down by 0.95%, when compared with the week before.
The #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery prices recorded decline, falling from the previous week’s prices by 0.92% as of July 17, 2025.
The other commodities to record dip in prices include #1 Copper Bare Bright, Heater Cores, Cu/Al Radiators and #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery.
The weekly price chart of Heater Cores for the week ending July 17, 2025 is given below:
All the other commodities such as Copper Transformer Scrap, Cu Yokes, Harness Wire 35% Recovery, Scrap Electric Motors, and Sealed Units held steady on the Index.
India Prices
The scrap commodities in Indian market recorded decline, upon comparison with the previous week.
The Copper sheet cutting prices recorded week-on-week decline by 0.22%.
The copper heavy scrap, copper cable scrap and copper armeture scrap prices recorded decline, with the prices of all the above mentioned commodities recording dip by 0.12%. The weekly chart depicting the price movement in Copper heavy scrap is provided below:
Also, the prices of Copper utensil scrap and Copper wire bars (HCL *) dropped by 0.11% each during the week ending July 17, 2025.
Europe Prices
The prices of all copper scrap commodities such as #1 Copper Bare Bright, #1 Copper Wire and Tubing, #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery, #2 Copper Wire and Tubing, Braziery Copper, Copper Dry Bright, Copper radiators and Copper Tubes held steady during the course of the week.
LME Copper Market Update
The closing price of LME Copper 3-Month contract stood at USD 9,621.00 per tonne as of July 17, 2025. The LME Copper Cash Settlement contract prices increased marginally from $9,563.00 a day before to $9,586.00 per tonne.
The LME Copper stocks saw marginal jump over the previous day to close at 122,150 tonnes of July 17, 2025, when compared with 121,000 tonnes a day before.