Fines

We buy metal fines and swarf from machining, powder production and alloy handling, including superalloy, titanium, carbide and refractory metal fines. Send your analysis and photos for a written offer.

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Close-up of fine metallic swarf and short machining chips generated during industrial metalworking and collected for recycling.

Metal fines are small particles with full metal value

Metal fines are the small particles left when metal is machined, crushed, screened or handled: short swarf, screening undersize, off-spec powder and alloy fines. Because they are small, oily or oxidised, they are often rejected by melters that want solids. With the right processing, metal fines can still be recycled for the full value of the metals they contain.

FORMS WE BUY

Metal fines and swarf we buy

$Fine silver-gray superalloy and refractory metal machining chips, including curled shavings and small metallic fragments, collected in an industrial steel tray.$

Machining swarf

Fine chips from superalloys and refractory metals

Porous titanium sponge fragments mixed with fine, curled titanium swarf and silver-gray metallic shavings in an industrial collection bin.

Titanium fines

Sponge fines and fine titanium swarf

Dark metallic ferroalloy screenings with crushed granules, fine particles and irregular fragments collected in a shallow steel tray.

Ferroalloy fines

FeMo, FeV, FeNb and FeW screenings

Fine gray metal powder with oxidized brown patches, coarse granules and clumped particles collected in a round industrial metal tray.

Off-spec metal powder

Out-of-spec, oxidised or contaminated powder

Crushed carbide fragments and dark gray metallic powder with angular particles and fine granules collected in an industrial steel bin.

Carbide fines

Crushed carbide and carbide powder

Fine metallic particles and crushed fragments falling from industrial screening equipment into a collection bin during material sizing operations.

Screening undersize

Fines from crushing and sizing lines

HOW minor metals are PRICED

Oryx Metals makes scrap recycling easy and profitable

There's no single scrap price for minor metals. The same metal can come as clean solids or contaminated powder, and its value per kg can differ many times over. Every Oryx offer is based on your material's analysis, form and the market on the day.

How our pricing works

Highest value

Clean, high-purity solids

Uncontaminated pieces, offcuts, ingots and production rejects

Mid-Range

Coated or alloyed scrap

Coated parts, alloys, turnings and mixed solids

Priced on content

Powders, sludges & residues

Value depends on metal %, contamination and moisture

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Nickel Alloys

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Jet Engine & Turbine Blade Scrap

Rare Earth & Magnet Scrap

Battery Black Mass

Tungsten Catalyst

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Copper Catalyst

Vanadium Catalyst

Mixed-Metal Catalyst

Precious Metal (PGM) Catalyst

Gold (Au)

Silver (Ag)

Platinum (Pt)

Palladium (Pd)

Rhodium (Rh)

Iridium (Ir)

Ruthenium (Ru)

Metal-Bearing Sludges

Mixed Metal Residues

Filter Cakes

Sweeps

Dusts

Fines

Slags

Tantalum & Niobium (ores)

Tungsten (ores)

Tin (ores)

Titanium (ores)

Rare Earth (ores)

MATERIAL WE’ve BOUGHT

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Pile of broken mirrored germanium optical lens fragments

Scrap germanium lenses

Bulk bags filled with shiny titanium machining chips in a warehouse

Titanium turnings

Close up of grey extruded catalyst pellets

Spent catalyst

Dismantled aircraft jet engines stacked in an outdoor scrap yard

Scrap Jet Engines

Heap of used tungsten carbide drill bit buttons

Tungsten carbide scrap

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FAQs

Metal fines and swarf recycling FAQ

What metal fines do you buy?

Fine machining swarf from superalloys and refractory metals, titanium sponge fines and fine titanium swarf, ferroalloy fines such as FeMo, FeV, FeNb and FeW, off-spec and oxidised metal powders, carbide fines, and screening undersize from crushing and sizing lines.

Is swarf recycling worth it if the swarf is oily?

Usually yes. Oil and coolant are deducted from the weight, and the swarf can be cleaned or processed by a refiner that handles oily material. Draining swarf before shipping improves the net value.

How are metal fines priced?

On the metal content, the degree of oxidation, oil and moisture, and the cost of processing a fine material, against the market for the main metals. Clean, single-alloy fines earn more than mixed or oxidised fines. Oryx makes each offer from your analysis.

Are some metal fines a fire risk?

Yes. Fine titanium, zirconium, hafnium, magnesium and some other metal fines can ignite. They must be stored dry or under the agreed medium and shipped in sealed steel drums under the right classification. We confirm requirements before collection.

Can you take fines from several alloys in one shipment?

Yes, if they are kept in separate, labelled containers. Mixing fines of different alloys lowers the value of the whole lot.

Why sell metal fines to Oryx Metals?

Melters often reject fines, and general yards pay little for them. Oryx Metals finds refiners and processors that can use fine material, pays on content and handles safe packing, so your fines are not discounted just for their size.