Scrap lead battery prices inch higher

Jan 16, 2013 | 05:05 PM | Nathan Laliberte

Tags  scrap lead, lead battery, LME, London Metal Exchange, lead scrap prices, Nathan Laliberte

NEW YORK — Free-market prices for scrap lead batteries rose a penny despite four consecutive days of declines on the London Metal Exchange.

Smelters’ buying prices for whole spent lead-acid batteries rose this week to a range of 37 to 40 cents per pound delivered from 37 to 39 cents previously.....





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