Nautica Metal Scrap B.V. publishes indicative LME 3-month discount bands for the main aluminium scrap grades exported from Europe. Bands are a working benchmark for budgeting; firm CIF/FOB offers are issued within 24 hours of RFQ and lock the LME reference at the agreed quotation date.
Rotterdam Loading
SGS Inspection
MOQ 1× 20GP
CIF / FOB Global
UBC bales typically trade at $250–$450/MT below LME 3M aluminium. The tighter end applies to high-density bales (480+ kg/m³) shipping to nearby destinations (Mersin, Mundra). The wider end applies to lower-density bales, distant ports (Busan), and lots with higher PET contamination tolerance. Multi-container parcels and break-bulk shipments earn a tighter discount.
Clean 6063 architectural extrusion off-cuts trade at $300–$500/MT below LME 3M. The tight band reflects predictable AA6063 chemistry (0.4–0.9% Mg, 0.2–0.6% Si) that billet casters in India, Turkey and the Middle East can charge directly into the melt without complex blending. Painted 6063 trades at a wider discount.
6061 structural off-cuts trade at $350–$550/MT below LME 3M. The slightly wider discount captures the higher copper and magnesium content (0.4–1.2% Mg, 0.15–0.4% Cu) that requires the buyer to dilute or accept it as alloy feedstock for forging shops. Premium for clean, segregated 6061 from aerospace and structural fabricators.
ISRI Taint/Tabor mixed clean low-copper aluminium trades at $400–$650/MT below LME 3M. Discount captures the chemistry uncertainty — Taint (1% Cu max) and Tabor (3% Cu max) cover a wide range of mixed aluminium that requires the secondary smelter to blend with primary or low-Cu master alloy to hit final spec.
Tense — clean mixed old aluminium — trades at $450–$700/MT below LME 3M. Slightly wider than Taint/Tabor because Tense is post-consumer rather than industrial, with broader contamination tolerance for siding, gutter, etc. Suitable for deox and basic secondary applications.
Troma — ELV aluminium wheels — trade at $300–$500/MT below LME 3M. The tight discount reflects the predictable A356.2 base alloy (7% Si, 0.35% Mg) and the strong demand from wheel-back-to-wheel recyclers in India, Korea and Turkey who pay close to UBC pricing for clean Troma.
ISRI Telic turnings trade at $500–$900/MT below LME 3M. Wider discount captures the lower density (~3 MT per 20GP loose), higher oxide content and frequent residual cutting oil that requires the buyer to dry, degrease and briquette before charging.
Aluminium dross is priced not on gross weight but on metallic content × LME 3M minus processing discount. Typical white dross recovers 50–70% metallic; black dross 30–50%. Processing discount $300–$600/MT. Buyers are dross processors and salt-slag recyclers in India and the Gulf.
Five drivers: (1) Midwest/Rotterdam aluminium premium movements; (2) freight to destination; (3) regional secondary smelter capacity utilisation (India and Turkey); (4) Chinese aluminium scrap import policy and category code changes; (5) UBC-specific: deposit-return collection volume in Europe.
Bands are indicative; a firm Nautica offer is sharper than any published band because it reflects your specific tonnage, destination, payment terms and current freight conditions. Send your RFQ — written offer in 24 hours, LME-locked at offer time.
Densified beverage can bales 480+ kg/m³
Architectural extrusion off-cuts
Structural extrusion, forging feed
Mixed clean low-copper aluminium
Clean mixed old aluminium
ELV wheels, A356 chemistry
Dry machining turnings
Primary loading from Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg. Weekly container sailings to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.
Every Nautica offer is benchmarked through our LME pricing center and explained in plain language in how LME scrap pricing works. Copper buyers should pair this with the copper scrap price index, and aluminium buyers with the aluminium scrap price index.
Live LME-linked discounts apply to flagship grades from our European copper scrap supplier and our UBC scrap supplier in the Netherlands, with grade tolerances defined in copper scrap grades explained and aluminium scrap grades explained.
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