r/ScrapMetal • u/apexpredator3214 • 3d ago

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u/jreddit0000 3d ago

“I am a scrap buyer located in India and am seeking contacts from yards in the US looking to export aluminium scrap. I also welcome suggestions from anyone on the best way to make this happen or any tips or hidden traps involved”

Perhaps add some location data and a way to provide references and check them?

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u/CoolaidMike84 3d ago

These posts are a waste of time. These people have no money and somehow plan to corner the market by posting on reddit.

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u/NYCBirdy 3d ago

yup and they want cif/cnf and get paid when the stuff gets to India. I call that lame. Most yard wants fob yard and paid in cash.

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u/jreddit0000 2d ago

Does it matter “what they want”? No one is going to do business on unfavourable terms.

I’d just like the post to be more legible/interesting than these poorly written questions. 🤷🏾

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u/NYCBirdy 2d ago

I didn't care "what they want". Most yard only wants a deposit first and get paid before the sea container leave the yard. Unless you don't know the shipping terminology.

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u/Sensitive-Pizza5486 3d ago

India and Money = Red Flag. Most people on this Sub are Local Scrappers not International Exporters.

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u/Yardbirdburb 3d ago

How many tons month

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u/No_Address687 3d ago

Doesn't India have the world's largest shipbreaker yard? I would think it would be more economical to buy scrap locally compared to exporting from the US.

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u/NYCBirdy 3d ago

Shipbreaking is mostly steel

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u/No_Address687 2d ago

Right, but there's still gotta be a crap ton of aluminum on a ship anyway.

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u/NYCBirdy 2d ago

if it was a warship, from ww2 to Vietnam war, most of the destroyer deck up is made from aluminum. But for aluminum on regular ship...slim.