Scrap lead battery prices tick up; zinc steady

Feb 27, 2013 | 03:20 PM |

Tags  lead scrap, zinc scrap, junk batteries, LME, Nathan Laliberte

NEW YORK — Free-market scrap lead battery prices have strengthened, with further increases expected, sources said. Junk auto batteries increased to a range of 40 to 42 cents per pound Feb. 26 from 39 to 41 cents previously, with several sources telling AMM that a large smelter was paying higher prices for scrap batteries despite a recent drop in....





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