Scrap metal gallery: material we've bought

Every photo here was taken by the Oryx team on a real deal, from scrap jet engines and turbine blades to germanium optics and spent catalyst.

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Drums of Rene 142 turbine blades

Turbofan engine wrapped in plastic

Tantalum solid scrap discs

Turbofan engines under orange tarps

Turbofan engine under an orange tarp

Large blades wrapped in plastic

Turbofan engine partly covered with a tarp

Turbofan engine on a red transport stand

Jet engines stacked in a container on a trailer

Turbine vane segments in a red crate

Titanium anode plate scrap

Jet engine with exhaust cone on the ground

Scrap jet engines in a scrapyard

Row of jet engines by containers

Turbine vanes and blades in a wooden crate

Engine cores on a truck trailer

Turbofan engine with red cowl on its side

Engine cores on a trailer being lifted

Row of large blades in a wooden rack

Turbofan engine with blue fan cowl on a stand

Turbofan engine on a yellow stand

Turbofan engine fans stacked on a truck

Mixed turbine blades and vane segments in a bag

Inconel 718 solid bar scrap

Jet engines on pallets outside a building

Jet engine fan in a container

Engine modules on rough ground

Large turbine blades, close-up

Crane lifting jet engines at an airfield

Crane lifting a jet engine at a container yard

Indium tin oxide (ITO) off-grade scrap

Engine nacelle on its side on grass

Jet engine fan, front view, on the ground

Turbine blades with fir-tree roots, close-up

Worker dismantling a jet engine

Engine nacelles and cowls on an airfield

Loading a jet engine into a container at night

Long turbine blades with inspection marks in a crate

Titanium 6-4 (Grade 5) solids

Loading turbofan engines into a container

Jet engine fans in a container on a truck

Turbofan engine lying on dry ground

Drums of turbine blade scrap on a pallet

Turbofan engine still mounted on an aircraft wing

Stripped turbofan engine on a steel skip

Turbofan engine on a steel skip

Turbine blades in four steel drums

Jet engine inside a shipping container

Jet engine with wiring inside a container

Jet engine core in an open container

Turbine blades with red paint marks in a box

Titanium CP solids in a bulk bag

Jet engine core inside a container

Stripped jet engine inside a container

Turbofan engine on a transport frame

Turbine blades with fir-tree roots in a bulk bag

Turbofan engine fan close-up on a frame

Turbofan engine on a truck at a hangar

Indium ingot

Turbofan engine on yellow stands

Jet engine on a pickup truck

Turbine blades in a fibre drum

Turbofan engine strapped onto a truck

Row of stripped jet engines beside a hangar

Turbofan engines on a flatbed trailer

Heat-tinted turbine blades in a drum

Titanium anode sheet scrap on a pallet

Turbofan engine fan inside a truck

Jet engine loaded on a truck

Turbofan engine on a red transport stand

Turbine blades sorted in plastic crates

Turbofan engine on the ground beside an aircraft

Jet engines stacked inside a container

Jet engines strapped on a truck trailer

Heat-tinted turbine blades in a blue crate

Row of jet engine fans on a truck

Telehandler loading a jet engine into a container

Jet engine on a transport frame with tyres

Turbine nozzle rings and blade scrap in a bulk bag

Inconel 718 VQ turnings in drums

Three jet engines on stands in a field

Turbofan engine with fan cover in a hangar

Turbofan engine on a stand with fan cover

Small turbine blades in a drum with a tag

Turbofan engine with exposed accessories

Turbofan engines with intake cowls

Molybdenum spent catalyst

Turbofan engines lined up in a yard

Turbine blades in a drum with a lot label

Row of jet engines on gravel

Jet engines on a long flatbed trailer

Jet engines wrapped in plastic in a container

Stripped turbofan engines with tarps

Heat-tinted turbine blades in a bulk bag

Tungsten carbide road milling teeth

Turbofan engine fan blades, front view

Turbofan engine with fan case removed

Turbofan engine partly covered with tarps

Oxidised turbine blades in a bulk bag

Turbofan engine core on a yellow stand

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Why sell to Oryx metals

Specialists buy differently

Get Pricing for your material

Difficult materials

We actively evaluate contaminated, mixed, off-grade and unusual materials that conventional scrap buyers may reject.

Fair terms

Offers are based on recoverable metal content, processing economics and agreed sampling and assay procedures.

Real settlement

For complex lots, we can work with independent inspection, sampling and laboratory analysis where required.

Global markets

Our international processor network gives us multiple outlets for materials that may have little or no local market.

FAQs

Scrap metal gallery: questions about the material we buy

I found material that looks like something in this scrap metal gallery. How do I know what it is?

Start by matching it visually against the photos here, then check it with an XRF analyzer if you have one. Many valuable metals look ordinary: germanium optics look like dark glass, tantalum capacitors like small electronic parts, rhenium-bearing superalloys like any other turbine scrap. A photo and a readout are usually enough for us to tell you exactly what you’re holding.

Is the scrap in these photos actually valuable, or just unusual?

Most of it is far more valuable than it looks. Minor metals and high temperature alloys are produced in small volumes and only a handful of refiners can process them, so a single drum or supersack can be worth more than a truckload of common scrap. Value depends on the metal content, form and contamination, which is why we always price on analysis.

What happens to material like this after Oryx buys it?

We place it with the specialist refiner or processor best suited to that metal and form, often one of only a few plants worldwide that can handle it. Recovered metal goes back into aerospace, electronics, optics and industrial supply chains. This is also why we can buy contaminated, mixed or low-grade material that general scrap buyers turn down.

How do I know Oryx Metals has really bought material like mine?

That’s what this gallery is for. Every photo shows a real purchase, taken by our team or partners and watermarked as Oryx Metals. We’ve specialised in minor metals and high temperature alloys for over 20 years, and we’d rather show you the material we’ve handled than describe it. If your material matches what you see here, you’re talking to a buyer who already knows it.

My material looks dirtier or more mixed than these photos. Will that put you off?

No. Much of what’s in the gallery arrived oily, coated, broken or mixed with other material. Condition and contamination change the price, not whether we buy it. Send it as it is, and tell us honestly what’s in the lot.

What should I send to get a price on material like this?

A clear photo of the material (close-up and the whole lot), an XRF readout or lab analysis if you have one, the approximate quantity and where it’s located. Upload it through our pricing form or message us on WhatsApp or WeChat. A metals specialist replies within 24 hours with a price or the questions we need answered.