Short answer: No, copper and brass fetch the highest prices per kilogram of the common metals, but steel, aluminium, stainless steel, lead and many other materials are all bought, and because they are often available in large weights a pile of aluminium or stainless can easily be worth more than a small handful of copper, so the right question is price multiplied by weight, not price alone.
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List Free →Why copper gets the attention
Copper pays well per kilogram and is easy to recognise, so it dominates scrap stories, but that does not mean everything else is worthless.
Why weight changes the picture
A tonne of steel or a few hundred kilograms of aluminium can add up to more than a small amount of copper, which is why it is worth collecting and selling the lower-priced metals too.
What to take from this
Separate and sell each metal on its merits, and do not leave aluminium, stainless or brass in the bin just because they are not copper.
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