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We collect the TIN-plated scrap
Offcuts and rejects from stamping shops, bus-bar production and cable-lug manufacturing arrive as tin- or silver-plated copper and brass. We buy it outright, or take it in for treatment on your account.
Unique in Europe
Detinning.
We strip tin and silver plating from copper and brass and hand back pure, foundry-ready metal. Over 12,000 tonnes a year, with zero net carbon and zero toxic waste.
A deTINING line no one else in EUROPE runs.
Tin-plated copper and brass is difficult scrap. Most processors discount it, or send it abroad. We built a line that removes the plating entirely, on site, so the metal comes back to the market at full value instead of being downgraded.
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12,000t+
Processed per year
Zero
Net carbon per tonne
Zero
Toxic & chemical waste
Solar
On-site power + storage
The process
Three steps, no compromises.
02
We strip the plating, completely
Our proprietary process removes the tin in full, without incineration and without a toxic effluent. Chemists, technicians and operators run the line and verify every batch.
03
You get pure metal back
The output is clean, foundry-ready copper and brass. We either supply it as a bulk commodity to foundries, or return it to you so your own production scrap goes straight back into your cycle.
Two ways to work with us.
Whether you want the scrap off your hands or the metal back in your cycle.
We buy it outright
Sell us the plated scrap at an agreed price against the live metal market. We handle transport, treatment and settlement.
Strip and return
Keep ownership of your metal. We strip the plating and send the pure copper or brass back to you, so foundries can recycle their own production scrap in a closed loop.
The climate part
THE CLIMATE PART ECO FRIENDLY PROCESS
Our aim is to reach a zero net carbon per tone process . We have installed solar power generation which pushes the whole operation to neutral
What we take
Tin- and silver-plated copper and brass, in any of these forms.
- Stamping offcuts
- Bus bars
- Cable lugs
- Connectors & terminals
- Plated sheet & strip
- Foundry production scrap
The grades
We buy these alloys plated. We sell them tin-free.
Copper alloys by UNS designation, with the composition limits we work to. Open a grade to see its full analysis.
Copper alloys
21 gradesBrassC27200
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- 62.0 – 65.0
- Pb
- ≤ 0.07
- Zn
- Rem
- Fe
- ≤ 0.07
BrassC26800
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- 64.0 – 68.5
- Pb
- ≤ 0.09
- Zn
- Rem
- Fe
- ≤ 0.05
BrassC26000
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- 68.5 – 71.5
- Pb
- ≤ 0.07
- Zn
- Rem
- Fe
- ≤ 0.05
BrassC23000
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- 84.0 – 86.0
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Zn
- Rem
- Fe
- ≤ 0.05
BrassC22000
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- 89.0 – 91.0
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Zn
- Rem
- Fe
- ≤ 0.05
Cu Zn 9 Sn 3C42500
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- 87.0 – 90.0
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Sn
- 1.5 – 3.0
- Zn
- Rem
- Fe
- ≤ 0.05
- P
- ≤ 0.35
Pure copperC11000
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- ≥ 99.90
Nickel silverC75700
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- 63.5 – 66.5
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Zn
- Rem
- Fe
- ≤ 0.25
- Ni
- 11 – 13.0
- Mn
- ≤ 0.50
Nickel silverC76400
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- 58.5 – 61.5
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Zn
- Rem
- Fe
- ≤ 0.25
- Ni
- 16.5 – 19.5
- Mn
- ≤ 0.50
Cu FeC19400
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- ≥ 97.0
- Pb
- ≤ 0.03
- Zn
- 0.05 – 0.20
- Fe
- 2.1 – 2.6
- P
- 0.015 – 0.15
Cu FeC19700
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- Rem
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Sn
- ≤ 0.20
- Zn
- ≤ 0.20
- Fe
- 0.30 – 1.2
- P
- 0.10 – 0.40
- Ni
- ≤ 0.05
- Co
- ≤ 0.05
- Mg
- 0.01 – 0.20
- Mn
- ≤ 0.05
Cu FeC19210
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- Rem
- Fe
- 0.05 – 0.15
- P
- 0.025 – 0.04
Cu Ni 2 SiC19005
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- Rem
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Sn
- 0.02 – 0.30
- Zn
- 0.20 – 0.7
- Fe
- ≤ 0.10
- P
- ≤ 0.05
- Ni
- 1.4 – 1.7
- Ag
- ≤ 0.50
- Mg
- ≤ 0.01
- Si
- 0.20 – 0.35
- Zr
- ≤ 0.08
Cu Ni 2 SiC19010
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- Rem
- P
- 0.01 – 0.05
- Ni
- 0.8 – 1.8
- Si
- 0.15 – 0.35
Cu Ni 3 SiC70250
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- Rem
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Zn
- ≤ 1.0
- Fe
- ≤ 0.20
- Ni
- 2.2 – 4.2
- Mg
- 0.05 – 0.30
- Mn
- ≤ 0.10
- Si
- 0.25 – 1.2
Cu CrC18070
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- ≥ 99.0
- Cr
- 0.15 – 0.40
- Si
- 0.02 – 0.07
- Ti
- 0.01 – 0.40
Cu ZrC15150
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- ≥ 99.90
- Zr
- 0.015 – 0.030
Cu Ni 9 Sn 2C72500
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- Rem
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Sn
- 1.8 – 2.8
- Zn
- ≤ 0.50
- Fe
- ≤ 0.6
- Ni
- 8.5 – 10.5
- Mn
- ≤ 0.20
Cu Sn 0,15C14410
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- ≥ 99.90
- Pb
- ≤ 0.05
- Sn
- 0.10 – 0.20
- Fe
- ≤ 0.05
- P
- 0.005 – 0.020
Cu Sn 0,15C14415
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- ≥ 99.96
- Sn
- 0.10 – 0.15
Cu MgC18665
// Composition, % by weight
- Cu
- ≥ 99.0
- P
- 0.002 – 0.04
- Mg
- 0.40 – 0.9
Rem = remainder. Send us your own analysis and we will confirm it against your batch before you load.
Beyond tin
Silver DE -plating, on request.
Tin is what we run at volume. Silver we take on separately, case by case. The process is not tied to copper and brass either, so most silver-plated material can go through it.
Tell us the base metal, the plating and a rough tonnage, and we will come back with an answer.
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