Copper Scrap Prices: Weekly Market Report- August 29, 2025
The LME Copper stocks saw marginal increase over the previous day to close at 157,950 tonnes of August 28, 2025.
SEATTLE (Scrap Monster):The below report analyses the weekly price trends of scrap copper across various regional markets during the past week (August 22 to August 28, 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 higher, while the remaining maintained prior week’s price levels.
The biggest increase in prices over the prior week was witnessed in Xmas Lights, whose prices edged higher by 3.70% from $0.27 per Lb to $0.28 per Lb. The other copper scrap varieties to record notable increase in prices include Sealed Units and Starters, which recorded price increases by 2.63% each.
The weekly price movement for Xmas Lights is shown in the below chart:
The other copper scrap categories to witness jump in prices include #1 Copper Bare Bright, #1 Copper Wire and Tubing, #2 Copper Wire and Tubing, #3 Copper- Light Copper, Copper Radiators, Heater Cores, #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery, #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery, Harness Wire 35% Recovery, Romex Wire, Cu Yokes, Alternator, Copper Transformer Scrap and Scrap Electric Motors.
The rest of the copper scrap categories held steady on the Index during the week ended August 28, 2025.
USA East Coast Prices
The prices of most copper scrap categories witnessed notable jump in the region. Xmas Lights prices posted the biggest increase over the week.
The prices of Sealed Units and Starters too increased significantly over the week.
The weekly price chart of Sealed Units, whose prices edged higher from $0.38 per Lb to $0.39 per Lb, is provided below:
Also, the prices of #1 Copper Bare Bright, #1 Copper Wire and Tubing, #2 Copper Wire and Tubing, #3 Copper- Light Copper, Copper Radiators, Heater Cores, #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery, #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery, Harness Wire 35% Recovery, Romex Wire, Cu Yokes, Alternator, Copper Transformer Scrap and Scrap Electric Motors recorded increase as of the week ended August 28, 2025.
Meanwhile, Cu/Al Radiators, Cu/Al Radiator Ends and Cu/Al Radiators/Fe 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 higher.
The largest increase in prices over the prior week was witnessed in Xmas Lights, whose prices edged higher from $0.26 per Lb to $0.27 per Lb. The other copper scrap varieties to record notable increase in prices include Sealed Units and Starters, which recorded price increase by 2.70% each.
The prices of #1 Copper Bare Bright, #1 Copper Wire and Tubing, #2 Copper Wire and Tubing, #3 Copper- Light Copper, Copper Radiators, Heater Cores, #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery, #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery, Harness Wire 35% Recovery, Romex Wire, Cu Yokes, Alternator, Copper Transformer Scrap and Scrap Electric Motors witnessed increase week-on-week.
The weekly price movement for Harness Wire 35% Recovery is shown in the below chart:
USA West Coast Prices
The prices of most copper scrap categories witnessed notable jump in the region. Xmas Lights prices posted the biggest increase over the week.
The prices of Sealed Units and Starters too increased significantly over the week.
Also, the prices of #1 Copper Bare Bright, #1 Copper Wire and Tubing, #2 Copper Wire and Tubing, #3 Copper- Light Copper, Copper Radiators, Heater Cores, #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery, #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery, Harness Wire 35% Recovery, Romex Wire, Cu Yokes, Alternator, Copper Transformer Scrap and Scrap Electric Motors recorded increase during the week.
On the contrary, Cu/Al Radiators, Cu/Al Radiator Ends and Cu/Al Radiators/Fe witnessed no change in prices during the previous week.
China Prices
The prices of all copper scrap commodities recorded increase over the previous week.
Sealed Units prices edged higher by 0.67% week-on-week to close at CNY 7,550 per MT during the week.
The prices of Scrap Electric Motors also were up by 0.65%, when compared with the week before.
Copper Transformer scrap prices recorded jump, rising from the previous week by 0.41% as of August 28, 2025. The weekly price chart of the commodity for the week is given below:
The other commodities to record increase in prices include #1 Copper Bare Bright, #1 Copper Wire and Tubing, #2 Copper Wire and Tubing, #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery, Heater Cores, Cu/Al Radiators, #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery, Cu Yokes and Harness Wire 35% Recovery.
India Prices
The scrap commodities in Indian market recorded increase, upon comparison with the previous week.
The Copper sheet cutting prices recorded week-on-week jump by 2.25%.
The copper heavy scrap and copper armeture scrap prices recorded increase, with the prices of both commodities recording jump by 1.17%. The weekly chart depicting the price movement in Copper heavy scrap is provided below:
The prices of copper cable scrap and copper utensil scrap also inched higher on the Scrap Monster Index by 1.16% and 1.13% respectively.
Also, the prices of Copper wire bars (HCL *) increased by 1.14% during the week ending August 28, 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 9,790.00 per tonne as of August 28, 2025. The LME Copper Cash Settlement contract prices increased marginally from $9,682.00 a day before to $9,703.50 per tonne.
The LME Copper stocks saw marginal increase over the previous day to close at 157,950 tonnes of August 28, 2025, when compared with 156,100 tonnes a day before.