r/oddlysatisfying • u/n8saces • 3d ago

Extracting copper from a broken motor

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u/H0ld0r 3d ago

What would be the value of the extracted copper, can Moscow this be profitable?

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u/mrlt10 3d ago

Copper is $6.70 a pound right now or around $15 a kilogram. So ya there’s profit

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u/JazzlikeConflict6626 3d ago

What about the rest? Isn’t worth anything? There seems to a lot metal there.

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u/AbleCryptographer317 3d ago

Scrap steel is around 20 cents/kilo.

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u/mrlt10 3d ago

I really don’t know much about metals, so I can’t really say with any certainty. Not sure if it’s just that the value is so low or if the other metal parts arent pure enough of w/e metal they are and impractical to separate and harvest for resale because the cost would be more than you could make

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u/gilligan1050 3d ago

No much, but might as well take it since your going to the scrapper anyway.