Non-ferrous metal recycling

Aluminum and titanium
Copper and brass
Stainless steel and nickel
Tungsten and nichrome
Permalloy and tantalum

Li-ion batteries recycling

Li-ion cell phones batteries
Li-ion Notebooks & Laptops batteries
Li-ion batteries from E-scooters/E-bikes

Catalyst recycling

Automotive catalysts
Metal-filled catalysts
Particular filters
Heavy duty catalysts

Battery recycling

All types of lead acid batteries

Office equipment recycling

Office equipment
Appliances
Servers and GSM equipment
Medical devices

Printed circuit boards recycling

Printed circuit boards
Radio parts
Technical precious metal
Connectors

Scrap metal recycling

Ferrous metal
Non-ferrous scrap
Rare earth metals

Cable recylcing

Car wiring
Construction cable
Electronics wiring
Internet cable

Prices

Valid since 12.09.2023

Ferrous & Non-ferrous metal

Ferrous metal scrap Tallinn

EUR /tonne
MM2

Sized steel

Material thickness over 4 mm, round material = ø 6 mm, maximum dimensions 1500 x 500 x 500 mm.

230€
MM1

Over size steel

Material thickness over 4 mm, round material = ø 6 mm, dimensions 1500 x 500 x 500 mm.

210€
MM1

Mix scrap (mixed material)

Material thickness up to 4 mm. Sheet material, structures, etc are suitable.

200€
MM3

Cast iron

Bathtubs, radiators, engine blocks. The weight of one piece must not exceed 500 kg.

230€
MM6

Ferrous turnings

Metal turnings from turning and milling. Maximum humidity 2%. Must not contain rags, paper or other garbage.

130€
MM4

Household appliances, metal

Cookers, washing machines, dishwashers made of metal. Refrigerators are accepted on a fee basis - the customer pays 5 euros/unit.

100€

Non-ferrous metal scrap Tallinn

Copper

EUR /tonne
CU1

Copper Barley (Millberry) new production waste

Electrical wire, minimum diameter 0.5 mm. Does not contain terminals, insulating cord or other insulating material. New sheet. The minimum copper content is 99%. The material must be clean, uncoated, not varnished or oily.

6800€
Cu1B

Berry copper

Candy consists of clean, unalloyed, uncoated copper clippings, punchings, bus bars and wire not less than 1/16 of an inch thick, free of burnt wire which is brittle; but may include clean copper tubing.

6500€
Cu1C

Candy copper

Candy consists of clean copper tubing.

6400€
CU2

Copper (mixed material): pipes, sheet, bare wire

Used sheet, pipe, bare wire. Personal price offer for lots from 100 kg.

6300€
CU4

Copper winding wire covered with paper or thread

Copper winding wire covered with paper or thread, but free of iron.

3500€

Brass

EUR /tonne
ME1

Mixed waste brass

Personal price offer for lots from 100 kg.

4300€
ME2

Brass cartridge cases

Whole cartridges are not accepted. The material must not be magnetic.

4800€
ME4

Brass radiators

Radiators must be clean and free of ferrous metal and plastic.

4100€
ME5

Brass shavings

Moisture up to 2%, without oil.

3800€

Aluminum and Zinc

EUR /tonne
AL1T

Food aluminum

Iron - 0%

1300€
AL1P

Pure aluminum profile, not painted, iron free

Personal price offer for lots from 100 kg.

1350€
AL1PV

Aluminum profile with plastic or painted

Aluminum profile with plastic must be iron-free.

750€
AL2

Aluminum - mixed material, no iron

Iron-free mixed material: aluminum sheet, old sheet, pipe, foil ≥ 0.2mm thick.

1175€
AL3

Iron-free cast aluminum

Iron-free cast aluminum (0% iron). Engines and transmissions must be free of oil.

1275€
AL3V

Aluminum alloy car wheels

Valves and disc balancers must be removed.

1700€
ZN1

Zinc

Scrap or components. Zinc-coated material is not considered zinc.

500€
AL4

Aluminum radiators, no iron or plastic

550€
AL5

Aluminum cans containers, foil

Aluminum cans

420€
AL4C

Aluminum radiators with copper pipes

Aluminum-copper heatsinks from a computer or server - 1700 eur. Copper-aluminum radiators from various equipment - 2500 eur. Personal price offer for lots from 100 kg.

1700-2500€
AL6

Aluminum - mixed material with iron

Iron content no more than 20%

400€

Stainless steel and Chrome steel

EUR /tonne
RV1

Stainless steel 304

Round material, sheet, scrap. Content: minimum Ni 7.8%, Cr 16% . Personal price offer for lots from 200 kg.

1010€
RV3

Stainless steel 316

Round material, sheet, scrap. Content: minimum Ni 9,8%, Cr 16% and Mo 1,8%. Personal price offer for lots from 200 kg.

1250€
RV7

Stainless shavings

Moisture up to 2%, without oil.

800€
KR2

Chrome steel

Washing machine drums, propellers of ships, minimum: Cr 10–20%, Ni 0%.

310€
MS0

Permalloy

Permalloy (Ni 80%, Fe 20%)

Ask the price
NI1

Nickel 99%

Ask the price
NI2

Nichrome

Nichrome (Ni 40%, Cr 20%), (Ni 60%, Cr 20%), (Ni 80%, Cr 20%)

2200-3600€

Lead, Lead–acid battery, Tin and babbit

EUR /tonne
PB1

Lead

Alloy or parts (clean, no contamination or resin).

1000€
PB2

Lead with dirt

Maximum 5% of dirt. The exact price is determined locally.

400-900€
SN1

Tin 99%

10000€
SN2

Soldering tin, babbit

1300€
PB3

Car batteries lead–acid battery

We buy both whole and broken or burned lead-acid batteries. Personal price offer for lots from 300 kg.

580€
PB3

AGM (closed) lead–acid battery

AGM (closed), gel batteries and traction. We buy both whole and broken or burned lead-acid batteries. Personal price offer for lots from 300 kg.

580€
PB3

Forklift lead–acid battery

The weight of the forklift's batteries is calculated taking into account the weight of the iron boxes - the weight of the box is taken from our containers catalog. We buy both whole and broken or burned lead-acid batteries. Personal price offer for lots from 300 kg.

580€
BT1 - BT4

Li-ion batteries

Li-ion /NiCd / mix - 0,0€ NiCd batteries - 150€ NiMh batteries - 200€ Li-ion cell phones batteries - 300€ Li-ion Notebooks & Laptops batteries - 300€ Li-ion batteries from electronic appliances (cameras etc.) - 250€ Li-ion batteries from E-scooters/E-bikes - 250€ Li-ion batteries from Power tools - 0,0€

0,00 - 300€

Electric motors

EUR /tonne
M40

Electric motors, starters and generators

Electric motors with copper windings from 0.75 kW, starters and generators. Personal price offer for lots from 300 kg.

740€
M30

Transformers

Any transformers with copper content, except lamp ones. Personal price offer for lots from 200 kg.

600€
M30M

Mini motors and copper transformers

500€
M30D

Ballasts from lamps

Suitable only with copper, not with a board inside.

300€
M20

Refrigerator compressors

Refrigeration compressors, oil free

360€

Other metals

EUR /t
W001

Tungsten and Tungsten Carbide

Tungsten 99% - 10 000 eur Tungsten rods, cutters, drills, etc. - 8000 eur

Ask the price
MO1

Molybdenum

Mo

Ask the price
TA1

Tantalum

Ask the price
TA1

Tantalum capacitors

Tantalum capacitors (hats and anodes)

Ask the price

TECHNICAL PRECIOUS METAL, PURCHASE OF GOLD and Silver

EUR /kg
TI1

Titanium

Ask the price
E201

Technical silver without copper, magnetic

Technical precious metal scrap, contacts. Price for lots of 1 kg: 0.80% of the market price x 0.60% = amount

200€
E200

Technical silver without copper, non-magnetic

Technical precious metal scrap, contacts. Price for lots of 1 kg: 0.80% of the market price x 0.80% = amount

280€
E202

Technical silver 98-99%

Price for lots of 1 kg: 0.80% of the market price x 0.99% = amount

350€
E400

Gold, iridium, platinum, palladium, rhodium, etc.

Ag, Au, Ir, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ru, etc.

  • The weight of non-metallic materials (sand, soil, etc.) is deducted from the weight of the scrap metal.
PCBs & Microchips

Electronics Recycling, Printed circuit boards and Radio components

Processors

EUR /kg
 EA2AU

Ceramic processors with gold inlays

286, 386, 486 and older

180-200€
 EA2 

Ceramic processors Intel, AMD

The aluminum plate has to be removed

70-80€
 EA3

CPU Intel s.478, with golden pins

The copper plate has to be removed

30€
 EA3B

CPU Intel LGA 775, without golden pins

Accepted with copper coolers

9€

Printed circuit boards

EUR /kg
E100T

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with copper

Printed circuit boards empty. Flexible or rigid frames and printed circuit boards without components from production

0,10-0,30€
E100T

Printed circuit boards empty with gold

Flexible or rigid frames and printed circuit boards without components from production with gold

0,20-1,50€
 E100

Low-grade boards

Boards from CRT monitors, video players, desk phones, etc. Tiles from monitors, electronics, clean, not the content of the steel.

0,15-0,70€
 E103

Medium quality PCBs

Printed circuit boards from modems, firewalls, VoIP phones, LCD monitors, alarm systems, switchboards and etc. Batteries, aluminum coolers, iron fasteners and weighting materials must be removed from boards.

0,9-4,5€
 EA1

PC motherboards, older type

Socket: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 370, slot 1, slot A. Batteries, aluminum coolers, iron fasteners and weighting materials must be removed from boards.

6-8€
 EA1U

PC motherboards, new type

Socket: A, 423, mPGA 478, 775, 1155, 1156, 1366, 462, 939, 754, AM2, AM3, AM2 +, AM3 Batteries, aluminum coolers, iron fasteners and weighting materials must be removed from boards.

3-5€
EA1N

Laptoms motherboards

Batteries, aluminum coolers, iron fasteners and weighting materials must be removed from boards.

6€
 EA1S

Video, audio and network slots

Graphics cards, sound cards and other cards removed from computers without Al and Fe attachments

7-8€
EA1H

Hard drives boards

17€
 E60

Mobile phone boards, older type

Cameras, screens, batteries, plastic mounts and metal covers must be removed from boards.

18- 25€
E60N

Mobile phone boards, new type and tablet boards

Cameras, screens, batteries, plastic mounts and metal covers must be removed from boards.

10€
 EA1S

Server Motherboards

Batteries, aluminum coolers, iron fasteners and weighting materials must be removed from boards.

6€
 EA1G

Telecom boards

Transformers and large aluminum capacitors must be removed from boards.

7-15€
 E103

Automotive electronic control units boards

0,50-2,50€
EA1

Old time boards 1947 - 1988 years

This category includes both cheap TV printed circuit boards and expensive printed circuit boards from computing equipment.

10-60€

RAM

EUR /kg
 RAMAU

RAM gold and Pentium II slots

22-32€
 RAMAL

RAM gold with cooler

Gold RAM modules with aluminum panel made of computers (PCs)

6€
 RAMAG 

RAM silver

Accepted in a separate lot from 0,30 kg. Smaller quantities are accepted at the price of computer boards

14€

Computer components

EUR /kg
 EA6

CD / DVD-ROM, floppy and memory cards readers

Integrated and external devices

0,50€
 EA5

HDD and SSD hards

Hard drives with boards

0,90-1,30€
 EA5B

HDD without boards

Hard drives all types and sizes, complete without attachments like frames.

0,40€
 EA4

Power supplies with cables

0,50€
 EA4B

Power supplies without cables or from servers

0,35€

Connectors from cables

EUR /kg
E100

Gold-plated cable connectors (Low-grade)

Gold-plated connectors only: HDMI, VGA, C, DVI, etc.

 0,40€
E113

Gold plated connectors, modern (Medium-grade)

8€
 E113

Gold-plated connectors from Telekom boards and GSM equipment (High-grade)

12€
 E15

Old time (1947 -1989) gold plated connectors

Old gold-plated connectors Soviet, German, Bulgarian and Tesla

5-50€

Equipment with copper content

EUR /kg
 M50

TV Yoke

Deflection coil of CRT TVs

 1,00€
 M30M

Mini motors and copper transformers

0,60€

Reception of old radio components (1940-1990)

Capacitors

EUR /kg
RA1

This product is not available in your market

450-1100€
RA9

This product is not available in your market

Microcircuits

EUR /kg
E13

This product is not available in your market

120-470€
E12

This product is not available in your market

5-30€
E10

Modern gold plated microcircuits

20-120€
E10

Modern microcircuits

6€

Transistors

EUR /kg
E113

High frequency transistors, modern

60€
E109

This product is not available in your market

130-300€
E109d

Modern transistors, gold plated

30€
E110

This product is not available in your market

120-170€
E107

This product is not available in your market

0,12€/tk
E108

This product is not available in your market

15€

Relay

EUR /unit
MM1

Relay with silver contacts

0,05 - 0,15 €
RE7

This product is not available in your market

RE9

This product is not available in your market

RE10 

This product is not available in your market

RE22   

This product is not available in your market

E106 

This product is not available in your market

E106

This product is not available in your market

E106 

This product is not available in your market

0,5€/tk
E106 

This product is not available in your market

0,2€/tk
E106 

This product is not available in your market

0,5€/tk
E106 

This product is not available in your market

E107 

This product is not available in your market

1,5€/tk
E105

This product is not available in your market

0,25€/tk

Resistors

EUR /unit
E104  

This product is not available in your market

0,02€/tk
RE1

This product is not available in your market

0,02€/tk

Old equipment (1947-1988)

KT2

Old time (1947-1988) equipment: computers

The equipment must be complete with boards and radio components.

KT2

Calculators, analyzers, voltmeters, oscilloscopes, thermocouples, etc.

The equipment must be complete with boards and radio components.

Other electronics and radio components

If you have other electronics positions, feel free to contact us: +372 56506492 or info@basemetal.ee. We accept and sort radio scrap on site. The sorting service costs from 3 to 10% of the cost of the batch, depending on the complexity.

  • The pricing table includes only the most common electronic scrap. If you have other electronics, please contact us.
Office Equipment & Electronics

Introduction to Electronics (E-waste) Recycling

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EUR /kg
KT6

Mobile phones, tablets, smartphones, walkie-talkies

In any condition. With battery - 3 eur/kg, w/t - 5 eur/kg.

3,0 - 5,0€
KT2

Modems, Switchers, TV Decoders & Docking Stations

In any condition.

0,30 -1,0€
KT2

Servers

In any condition, there are boards inside (A and B class): 0,3 - 0,6 € / kg. In any condition, the power supply unit or batteries inside (C class): 0,15 - 0,2 € / kg.

0,30 - 1,0€
KT2

Old desktops and laptops

Complete or partially disassembled

0,30 - 0,5€
KT2

Telecommunication equipment

In any condition, there are boards inside (A and B class): 0,3 - 0,7 € / kg. In any condition, the power supply unit or batteries inside (C class): 0,15 - 0,2 € / kg.

0,30 - 2,0€
KT2

Medical equipment

Accepted in any condition. Please report the presence of a radiation source!

0,00€
KT2

OFFICE EQUIPMENT and Home appliances

Monitors and LCD TVs, printers, scanners, copying equipment, typographic printers, faxes, projectors and home appliances.

0,00€
MM4

HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, excluding refrigerators

Washing machines, electric stoves, gas stoves, microwave ovens and others, except for the one in the table "Customer pays for disposal" (located below on the same page).

0,10€
KT3

Desktops and Laptops, 6rd generation processors and newer: Intel Core i3, i5 and i7.

Complete and working. May be without a hard drive.

10 - 100€/unit
EA4D

External power supplies

Workers or non-workers

0,12€
KT2

Car electronics

Amplifiers, radio tape recorders, recorders, speakers, etc.

0,30€
KT2

Automotive fuse boxes and auto wiring boxes

0,15€
KT2

Electricity meters

0,15€
M30D

Ballasts from lamps

Suitable only with copper, not with a board inside.

0,30€
KT2

Electric construction tool w/t battery

Grinders, drills, etc.

0,30€
KT2

Old time (1947 - 1989) equipment and appliances

Voltmeters, generators, meters, oscilloscopes, etc.

0-100€/ unit
BT1 - BT4

Li-ion batteries

Li-ion cell phones batteries. Li-ion Notebooks & Laptops batteries. Li-ion batteries from E-scooters/E-bikes

Ask the price

Electronics Recycling

CUSTOMER PAYS FOR DISPOSAL:

EUR/kg
KT2

Video and photographic films

-0,50€
KT2

Printer cartridges

If the cartridge is disposed of without a printer

-0,50€
KT2

CRTs from TVs

Whole and not broken

-5€/ tk
KT2

VHS cassettes

-0,50€
KT2

Remains of electronics without material value

LCD panels, remnants of plastic with metal, disassembled office equipment without boards, etc.

-0,50€
KT2

Refrigerators

Not accepted!

-5€/ tk

Catalysts

Catalytic converter recycling

EUR/kg
kat/ker

Ceramic catalysts

Catalysts and particulate filters in metal housings accepted by catalog. Ceramic fillings are only accepted based on XRF analysis.

10-1000€
kat/ker

Diesel Particulate Filters (PDF)

Particulate filters in metal housings accepted by catalog. Particulate filters are only accepted based on XRF analysis.

0-300€
kat/ker

Trucks and buses catalysts

70-600€
kat/fer

Metal Catalysts

20-150€
kat/uni

Universal catalysts

0-15€
MS0

Lambda probes

0,37€
Cable

Buy Wires and Cables, Wires recycling

EUR/t
KA1

Car wiring

1900€
KA2

Computer power supplies (PSU) cable

1600€
KA3

Construction cable

1500€
KA2Z

Construction cable zones (one layer of insulation)

1600€
KA5

Power cables from consumer electronics and office equipment

300-800€
KA6

TV and telephone cable, non-magnetic

400€
KA7

Internet cable

400€
KA8

Computer Ribbon cable

350€
KA3

GSM cable, Coaxial cable

Coaxial Cable For Wireless Mobile Communication System

400-3500€
KA4

Aluminium cable

230-1000€
  • BASE Metal OÜ considers the amount of VAT as value added tax paid by the company (KMS, article §41, from 01.01.2011).
  • The prices are indicated excluding VAT 20%.
  • All prices are valid on the territory of BASE Metal OÜ.
  • Unsorted goods are accepted at the price of the lowest grade of the category being handed over.
  • BASE Metal OÜ reserves the right to change purchase prices without prior notice.

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