kdbarker
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Here are some real figures from a lot weighing close to 1 ton (1900lbs) of mixed computer boards that I had refined at Specialty Metals Smelters & Refiners, LLC in Fairfield, CT in November of 2007.
The lot consisted of mixed PCBs from Pentium 1s,2s and 3s, and some older apple computers including motherboards, PCI cards, ram modules and PCBs from several hundred hard drives and the like.
Only bulk steel was removed from the cards. Contact fingers, pins, flatpacks, etc. were left intact. Ceramic CPUs were removed and sold outright.
The skinny...
Scrap received by refinery - 1909.67 Pounds Net Weight
Entire Lot (Gross) 27842.989 Tr. Ozs.
Gold Quanity (Net) 5.410 Tr. Ozs. 98.00% payable
Silver Quantity (Net) 84.361 Tr. Ozs. 98.00% payable
Palladium Quanity (Net) 3.241 Tr. Ozs. 97.00% payable
Lot Charge $350.00
Treatment Charge $1.00 per pound $1,909.67
Pickup charge $216.69
Total refining fees ($2,476.36) (This is the total amount charged against the settlement check that I received).
Please note: Specialty Metals has since raised the minimum lot requirement to 5,000lbs for electronic scrap.
The lot consisted of mixed PCBs from Pentium 1s,2s and 3s, and some older apple computers including motherboards, PCI cards, ram modules and PCBs from several hundred hard drives and the like.
Only bulk steel was removed from the cards. Contact fingers, pins, flatpacks, etc. were left intact. Ceramic CPUs were removed and sold outright.
The skinny...
Scrap received by refinery - 1909.67 Pounds Net Weight
Entire Lot (Gross) 27842.989 Tr. Ozs.
Gold Quanity (Net) 5.410 Tr. Ozs. 98.00% payable
Silver Quantity (Net) 84.361 Tr. Ozs. 98.00% payable
Palladium Quanity (Net) 3.241 Tr. Ozs. 97.00% payable
Lot Charge $350.00
Treatment Charge $1.00 per pound $1,909.67
Pickup charge $216.69
Total refining fees ($2,476.36) (This is the total amount charged against the settlement check that I received).
Please note: Specialty Metals has since raised the minimum lot requirement to 5,000lbs for electronic scrap.