Sell scrap brass in Brisbane

Brisbane scrap brass buyers who collect from your site

Old taps, valves and fittings pile up on plumbing jobs, and machine shops fill bins with turnings. Brass is a non-ferrous metal, mostly copper, so that scrap has real value. Forge Recyclers buys scrap brass in Brisbane and across South East Queensland, and we collect it from your site. Send photos of the brass and we reply with a quote.

Types of scrap brass we buy

• Yellow brass

  Taps, mixers, valves, hose and water fittings, chrome-plated or bare.

• Red brass and gunmetal

  Heavier valves, pump bodies and fittings with a redder colour.

• Bronze

  Bearings, bushes, marine fittings and boat propellers.

• Turnings and offcuts

  Swarf, rod ends and offcuts from machine shops and engineering firms.

• Brass with attachments

  Valves and taps that still have steel spindles, rubber or plastic in them.

• Door and builders' hardware

  Locks, handles, hinges and kick plates from fit-outs and strip-outs.

• Copper-brass radiators

  Car and truck radiators with brass tanks.

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Why sell your scrap brass to Forge Recyclers

• Collected from your workshop or site. Bins of old taps and turnings leave without anyone driving them to a yard.
• Red brass and bronze graded apart. They hold more copper than yellow brass, so we grade them on their own.
• Photos first, then a quote. You see the quote before anything is collected.
• Brass and copper in one pick-up. Add the copper pipe and steel from the same jobs.

Scrap brass prices in Brisbane: what your brass is worth

We price brass by grade and weight. Brass with nothing attached earns more than brass with steel, rubber or plastic still in it. Red brass and bronze hold more copper, so we grade them apart from yellow brass. Brass is mostly copper mixed with zinc, so its price follows the copper market and moves every day. That is why we skip the printed price list: send photos, and we work out today's price for your brass.

A little sorting lifts the price:

• Run a magnet over each piece. If it sticks, there is a steel screw, spring or spindle to take out.
• Pull off rubber washers, plastic handles and tap heads.
• Keep brass apart from copper and bronze.
• Store turnings in a covered bin so they stay dry.

Who sells us scrap brass

Plumbers and gasfitters replace taps, mixers, valves and hot water fittings on bathroom and kitchen jobs. Machine shops turn brass rod and end up with swarf and offcuts. Locksmiths, shopfitters and builders remove door hardware during fit-outs. Demolition crews pull brass out with the copper pipe it was joined to.

We buy from all of them. See how we work with tradies, workshops and manufacturers and demolition crews.

Brass recycling in Brisbane

Foundries and brass mills melt scrap brass down and turn it into new rod, valves and fittings. The copper and zinc in your old taps can come back as plumbing parts again and again, and recycling them saves mining new metal. For a plumbing or engineering business, the brass that builds up after each job becomes income instead of waste. It stays out of landfill and general skips, and it is ready to go when we collect.

Scrap brass pick-up from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast

We collect brass from plumbing businesses, workshops and building sites from the Sunshine Coast down to the Gold Coast. Most trade scrap is mixed, so one pick-up can take the brass with your copper, steel, cable and old lead-acid batteries. The process starts with your photos: we quote, and if the price suits you, we book a time to collect. Check the areas we cover or read how a scrap metal pick-up works.