Battery scrap prices remain stable
2024-02-06
At the start of 2024, in the first month of January of this year, the price of lead increased to 4%. However, at the beginning of February, there was a significant decrease again. Everything is very clear in the lead price graph below. Looking at last year's lead price, one could conclude that the value of lead remained the same. In this article, we write about the price of lead because the price of lead has the greatest influence on the prices of scrap lead batteries. Observing the changes in lead prices on the stock exchange, it can be said that the price of scrap lead batteries has not changed significantly recently. According to the website scrapprice.com, it can be seen that the highest price for scrap batteries is in Belarus, but this may not be entirely true.
You should first find out what percentage will be deducted from the actual weight of the scrap batteries. It is possible that even 50% of the total weight of scrap batteries will be deducted in Belarus. In this case, the final price per kg will not seem so high. Of course, this information should be checked first to make sure that it is true.
If we check the information about the prices of scrap batteries in the last few years, we can see that they remain stable and depend on the buyers' price policy and are on average at the level of 0.5 €/kg - 0.7 €/kg.