Scrap desk · floor €2,441/t
to ari.ahlgren@nordicflanges.fi · from desk@sincelabs.com
Your floor is EUR 2,441/t and rising. Norway is the cheap route in.
Finnish scrap left the country at EUR 2,441/t in June, up 3.2% on the month — that is what your suppliers get without you, and it is the number to negotiate against. Norwegian material landed in the EU at EUR 2,029/t, well under the EUR 2,210/t Europe pays internally. Exchange stocks at a 36-year low and a proposed EU export duty pull in opposite directions over the next year.
- Your floor
- €2,441/t
- Cheapest source
- €2,029/t
- What EU buyers pay
- €1,352–€2,461/t
+3.2% on the month
Norway
Finland to Austria
Worth knowing
LME Aluminum Inventories Fall to Their Lowest Level Since 1990 as Supply Disruptions Deepen
Exchange stocks at a 36-year low is the strongest argument your suppliers have, and it is real. It hardens every scrap quote you receive.
Межа. Новини України. · 13 Aug 2026
The EU plans to introduce a 15% duty on exports of aluminium scrap – FT
A 15% export duty would tax your suppliers' alternative buyer, which is the only reason their asking price holds. Reported by the FT, so it is a plan, not a text.
GMK Center · 29 Jun 2026
Top Gulf aluminum producer EGA halted output after Iran strike
A halt at a major Gulf smelter took primary metal off the market and started the run that carried the benchmark from EUR 2,592/t in February to EUR 3,134/t in May.
Mining.com · 1 Apr 2026
Eurostat, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, IMF, World Bank and ECB — all free to use. News via Google News RSS; the reading of it is generated by claude-opus-5. Every figure is about what scrap costs to buy — nothing here knows what your product sells for. Customs figures are months behind and carry their own date. Not a quote.