Prices
Valid since 11.03.2025








Ferrous metal scrap Tallinn


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


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


Mix scrap (mixed material)
Material thickness up to 4 mm. Sheet material, structures, etc are suitable.


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


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


Household appliances, metal
Cookers, washing machines, dishwashers made of metal. Refrigerators are accepted on a fee basis - the customer pays 5 euros/unit.
Non-ferrous metal scrap Tallinn
Copper


Copper Barley (Millberry) new production waste
Electrical wire, minimum diameter 0.5 mm. Does not contain terminals, insulating cord or other insulating material. The minimum copper content is 99%. The material must be clean, uncoated, not varnished or oily.


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.


Candy copper
Candy consists of clean copper tubing.


Copper (mixed material): pipes, sheet, bare wire
Used sheet, pipe, bare wire.


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


Mixed waste brass
Personal price offer for lots from 100 kg.


Brass cartridge cases
Whole cartridges are not accepted. The material must not be magnetic.


Bronze scrap
Copper 80%, Sn min. 2%


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


Brass shavings
Moisture up to 2%, without oil.
Aluminum and Zinc


Food aluminum
Iron - 0%


AD Clean (no paint, no plastic)
Pure aluminum profile, not painted, iron free . Personal price offer for lots from 100 kg.


AD painted, no plastic
Aluminum profile must be iron-free.


ISO Aluminum profile with plastic
Aluminum profile with plastic must be iron-free


Aluminum - mixed material, no iron, Taint Tabor
Taint Tabor, Iron-free mixed material: aluminum sheet, old sheet, pipe, foil ≥ 0.2mm thick.


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


Aluminum alloy car wheels
Valves and disc balancers must be removed.


Aluminum radiators, no iron or plastic


Aluminum radiators with copper pipes
Aluminum-copper heatsinks from a computer or server - 2500 eur. Copper-aluminum radiators from various equipment - 3300 eur. Personal price offer for lots from 100 kg.


Aluminum cans


Aluminium containers, foil
Aluminium packaging, foil


Aluminum - mixed material with iron
Iron content no more than 20%
Stainless steel and Chrome steel


Stainless steel 304
Round material, sheet, scrap. Content: minimum Ni 7.8%, Cr 16% . Personal price offer for lots from 200 kg.


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.


Stainless shavings
Moisture up to 2%, without oil.


Chrome steel
Washing machine drums, propellers of ships, minimum: Cr 10–20%, Ni 0%.
Lead, Tin and Babbit


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


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


Tin 99%


Soldering tin, babbit
Electric motors


Elmo Electric motors, Starters and Alternators
Electric motors with copper windings from 0.75 kW, Starters and Alternators. Personal price offer for lots from 300 kg. Elmo (el moto small and big). Washing Machine Motors.


Water pumps


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


Mini motors and copper transformers


Refrigerator compressors
Refrigeration compressors, oil free


Ballasts from lamps
Suitable only with copper, not with a board inside.
- The weight of non-metallic materials (sand, soil, etc.) is deducted from the weight of the scrap metal.
Lead-acid batteries – Special offer from 100 kg!


Car batteries lead–acid battery
We buy both whole and broken or burned lead-acid batteries.


AGM (closed) lead–acid battery
AGM (closed), gel batteries and traction. We buy both whole and broken or burned lead-acid batteries.


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.


Li-ion batteries
Li-ion cell phones batteries - 200€, Li-ion Notebooks & Laptops batteries - 180€, Li-ion batteries from electronic appliances (cameras etc.) - 0,0€, Li-ion batteries from E-scooters/E-bikes - 100€, Li-ion batteries from Power tools - 0,0€


NiCd batteries


NiMh batteries
Electronics Recycling, Printed circuit boards and Radio components
Processors


Ceramic processors with gold inlays
286, 386, 486 and older


Ceramic processors Intel, AMD
The aluminum plate has to be removed


CPU Intel s.478, with golden pins
The copper plate has to be removed


CPU Intel LGA 775, without golden pins
Accepted with copper coolers
Printed circuit boards


Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with copper
Printed circuit boards empty. Flexible or rigid frames and printed circuit boards without components from production


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


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


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.


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.


PC motherboards, new type
Batteries, aluminum coolers, iron fasteners and weighting materials must be removed from boards. Boards without BGA chip - 1,5€/kg, With one chip - 3,0€/kg, with two chips - 4,5€/kg.


Laptoms motherboards
Batteries, aluminum coolers, iron fasteners and weighting materials must be removed from boards. Boards without BGA chip - 5€/kg, With chip - 8€/kg.


Video, audio and network slots
Graphics cards, sound cards and other cards removed from computers without Al and Fe attachments


Hard drives boards


Mobile phone boards, older type
Cameras, screens, batteries, plastic mounts and metal covers must be removed from boards.


Mobile phone boards, new type and tablet boards
Cameras, screens, batteries, plastic mounts and metal covers must be removed from boards.


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


Telecom boards
Transformers and large aluminum capacitors must be removed from boards.


Automotive electronic control units boards


Old time boards 1947 - 1988 years
This category includes both cheap TV printed circuit boards and expensive printed circuit boards from computing equipment.
RAM


RAM gold and Pentium II slots


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


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


CD / DVD-ROM, floppy and memory cards readers
Integrated and external devices


HDD and SSD hards
Should come with a circuit board. May be drilled. HDD 2.5 - 0,80 eur/kg HDD 3.5 - With half board - 1,0 eur/kg HDD 3.5 - Full board - 1,3 eur/kg Server HDD 3.5 - Full board - 1,5 eur/kg


HDD without boards
Hard drives without board, but not disassembled


Power supplies with cables


Power supplies without cables or from servers
Connectors from cables


Gold-plated cable connectors (Low-grade)
Gold-plated connectors only: HDMI, VGA, C, DVI, etc.


Gold plated connectors, modern (Medium-grade)


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


Old time (1947 -1989) gold plated connectors
Old gold-plated connectors Soviet, German, Bulgarian and Tesla
Equipment with copper content


TV Yoke
Deflection coil of CRT TVs


Mini motors and copper transformers
Reception of old radio components (1940-1990)
Capacitors


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Microcircuits


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Modern gold plated microcircuits


Modern microcircuits
Transistors


High frequency transistors, modern


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Modern transistors, gold plated


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Relay


Relay with silver contacts


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Resistors


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Old equipment (1947-1988)


Old time (1947-1988) equipment: computers
The equipment must be complete with boards and radio components.


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.
Introduction to Electronics (E-waste) Recycling, Acceptance of old complete equipment
BUY OR ACCEPT FOR FREE


Mobile phones old type
Mobile phones old type w/t battery - 10€, Mobile phones old type with battery - 5€


Smartphones
In any condition. With battery - 3 eur/kg, w/t - 6 eur/kg.


Tablets


Walkie-talkies
Walkie-talkies without batteries - 0,8€, Walkie-talkies with batteries - 0,4€


Modems, Switchers, TV Decoders & Docking Stations
In any condition.


Servers
In any condition, there are boards inside (A and B class): 0,3 - 0,6 € / kg.


Laptops with or without battery
Complete or partially disassembled


Old desktops and
Complete or partially disassembled


Desktops and Laptops, 6rd generation processors and newer: Intel Core i5 and i7.
Complete and working. May be without a hard drive.


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.


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


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


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).


Security cameras
Surveillance cameras, Security cameras


Fire and security alarm sensors


POS-terminals
Payment terminals


Car Electronic control units
An electronic control unit (ECU), also known as an electronic control module (ECM).


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


External power supplies
Workers or non-workers with wires


Automotive fuse boxes and auto wiring boxes


Electricity meters


Circuit breakers


Power tools
Grinders, drills, etc.


E-cigarettes


Old time (1947 - 1989) equipment and appliances
Voltmeters, generators, meters, oscilloscopes, etc.
Electronics Recycling
CUSTOMER PAYS FOR DISPOSAL:


Video and photographic films


Printer cartridges
If the cartridge is disposed of without a printer


CRTs from TVs
Whole and not broken


VHS and LTO (Linear Tape-Open) cassettes


Remains of electronics without material value
LCD panels, remnants of plastic with metal, disassembled office equipment without boards, etc.


Refrigerators
Not accepted!
Catalytic converter recycling


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


Diesel Particulate Filters (PDF)
Particulate filters in metal housings accepted by catalog. Particulate filters are only accepted based on XRF analysis.


Trucks and buses catalysts


Metal Catalysts


Universal catalysts


Lambda probes
Remote catalyst assessment service - ASK FOR A PRICE!
The evaluation of catalytic converters is only carried out at our reception centre!
Price list for catalytic converter evaluation service
- Evaluation of catalysts by codes up to 5 units - free of charge.
- Evaluation of catalysts with codes from 5 and more units - 1,00 EUR/unit.
- Express analysis on the bench - 5 euros/analysis.
- Other analyses - price is negotiable.
Cable and Wires – Special offer from 100 kg!
Buy Wires and Cables, Wires recycling


Car wiring


Construction cable zones (one layer of insulation)


Construction cable


Power cables from consumer electronics and office equipment
The cable must not be magnetic (except for connectors)! The cable must not contain aluminum cables! A mix of different types of cables with connectors and plugs – €500–700/ton. A mix of different types of copper cables without connectors and plugs – €800–1000/ton.


TV and telephone cable, non-magnetic
The cable must not be magnetic (except for connectors)!


Internet cable
The cable must not be magnetic (except for connectors)!


Computer Ribbon cable


GSM cable, Coaxial cable
Coaxial Cable For Wireless Mobile Communication System


Aluminium cable
Old wiring, tangled - 250€, Cables with lead or iron sheathing - 250€, Cables with multiple layers of insulation - 300-400€, Cables with two layers of insulation - 400-600€, Cables with one layer of insulation - 600-800€, Aluminum-Copper cables - price after express test. For batches over 300 kg - price negotiable.
Rare-earth and Other metals


Optical germanium
Germaanium (Ge), Germanium Material, Infrared Optical Materials


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


Permalloy
Permalloy (Ni 80%, Fe 20%)


Nickel 99%


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


Tungsten 99%


Tungsten Carbide
Tungsten rods, cutters, drills, etc.


Molybdenum
Mo


Tantalum


Tantalum capacitors
Tantalum capacitors (tophats and anodes)


Titanium
- The weight of non-metallic materials (sand, soil, etc.) is deducted from the weight of the scrap metal.
TECHNICAL PRECIOUS METAL, PURCHASE OF GOLD AND SILVER


Technical silver 98-99%
Price for lots of 1 kg: 0.80% of the market price x 0.99% = amount


Technical silver without copper 80%, non-magnetic
Technical precious metal scrap, contacts. Price for lots of 1 kg: 0.80% of the market price x 0.80% = amount


Technical silver without copper 60%, magnetic
Technical precious metal scrap, contacts. Price for lots of 1 kg: 0.80% of the market price x 0.60% = amount


Silver solder
Silver Brazing Alloy, Silver Content 21-56%


Copper-based silver plating
Silver Content 30-50%


Copper-based silver plating
Silver Content 25%


Copper-based silver plating
Silver Content 10%


Large silver contacts on copper base
Silver Content 3-5%


Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Au, Pt, Pd, Rh
- 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 22%.
- 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.
- Payment Procedure for Accepted Waste