Dealers or processors of ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals for resale.

• Ferrous metals primarily composed of iron or steel;

• Nonferrous metals such as aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, lead, magnesium, pewter, tin, and zinc.

• Acetylene cutting torches;

• Alligator shears;

• Balers;

• Conveyors;

• Cranes;

• Crushers;

• Dumpster containers;

• Electromagnets;

• Forklifts;

• Front-end loaders;

• Grapples;

• Grinders;

• Hydraulic guillotine shears;

• Magnetic separators;

• Scales;

• Shredders;

• Tractor-trailer trucks;

• Wire choppers.

• Scrap collection by leaving dumpster containers with customers such as fabricators, foundries, mills, or refineries;

• Picking up the full dumpster containers with their own trucks;

• Purchasing of metal scrap from independent collectors;

• Weighing;

• Grading;

• Sorting by type;

• Compressing scraps into bales with balers;

• Crushing auto bodies with crushers;

• Cutting off impure metals or plastic parts with acetylene cutting torches;

• Cutting scraps into smaller pieces with alligator shears or cutting torches;

• Removing insulated coverings from copper wire with wire choppers;

• Ripping apart large pieces of scrap with shredders;

• Separating metal from rubber, plastic, wood, dirt, and other materials with magnetic separators;

• Slicing heavier scrap metals or flattened automobiles with hydraulic guillotine shears;

• Resale to customers;

• Shipping by rail, ship, or common carrier.

As an incidental service, scrap dealers may also buy back recyclable goods such as, but not limited to, aluminum cans, glass, and batteries; this activity is included within the scope of this classification when performed by employees of employers subject to this classification.

Due to EPA regulations, instead of melting down metals in their own furnaces, scrap dealers usually ship it to foundries or steel mills that conform to the regulations. However, reduction of metals is included within the scope of this classification if performed by a business subject to this classification.

• Dealers that sell new iron, steel, wire, or cable are classified in 2004.

• Automobile or truck wrecking or dismantling businesses are classified in 1104.

• Recycle, collection, and receiving stations (known as buy-back stations) for rags, bottles, paper, and metal containers are classified in 2102.

Special note: Scrap metal dealers vary widely in the type of metals or usable items they buy and sell. Often the term "junk yards" is used to describe dealers who carry a sizable inventory of used goods such as, but not limited to, bottles, rags, paper, appliances, nails, rubber, in addition to scrap metal in varying amounts. It is the activity of the business that must be considered when determining the classification, rather than how the business refers to its activities. Receiving/buy-back stations for recyclable items in classification 2102 are different from dealers in classification 0604. Receiving stations buy back only recyclable items which they do not process, other than condensing the materials into bales, and then sell the bales to others.