Rows of stainless steel coils on timber skids in a metals warehouse at night, with a container truck beyond the open loading door

Secondary metals,
traded across the world.

  • Great Neck, NY
  • Ferrous & non-ferrous
  • Domestic & export
  • ISRI · BIR
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Universal Metals is a US and international trading firm. We buy from steel mills, service centers and recycling facilities around the world, and supply end users and ferrous and non-ferrous smelters worldwide.

What we trade

Usable stainless steel through to graded scrap. Not seeing your grade? Ask us.

  • Stack of usable stainless steel sheet and plate on a timber pallet in a warehouse at night

    01Ferrous

    Usable stainless steel, flat

    Sheet and plate in usable sizes, for reuse and re-rolling.

  • Bundles of stainless steel round bar on a steel rack in a warehouse at night

    02Ferrous

    Usable stainless steel, round

    Round bar in a range of grades and diameters.

  • Pile of stainless steel scrap offcuts in a walled yard bay under a floodlight

    03Ferrous

    Stainless steel scrap

    Solids, offcuts and turnings, graded by alloy.

  • Stacked bales of aluminum scrap in a recycling yard at night

    04Non-ferrous

    Aluminum scrap

    Extrusions, sheet and cast, sorted by alloy.

  • Steel bin full of copper wire and copper tube in a yard at night

    05Non-ferrous

    Copper bearing items

    Wire, tube and copper-bearing assemblies.

  • Steel box of yellow brass fittings on a warehouse floor at night

    06Non-ferrous

    Brass scrap

    Yellow and red brass fittings, solids and turnings.

  • Rolls of soft lead sheet on a wooden pallet in a warehouse at night

    07Non-ferrous

    Lead scrap

    Soft lead sheet, flashing and ingot.

  • Skip of grey zinc die-cast scrap in a wet recycling yard at night

    08Non-ferrous

    Zinc scrap

    Die-cast and zinc-bearing material for remelting.

How trade flows

We buy from

USA and worldwide

  • Steel mills
  • Service centers
  • Recycling facilities

Universal Metals

Great Neck, NY

We supply

Domestic (USA) and export

  • End users
  • Ferrous smelters
  • Non-ferrous smelters

Two sides of every trade.

Scrap yard at night with sorted piles of scrap metal and a material handler loading stainless scrap

Looking to sell?

We have an established supplier base of mills, service centers and recyclers around the world, and we keep adding strong, established suppliers to widen the product types and specifications we place.

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Stainless steel coils strapped and chocked on timber inside an open-side shipping container at a loading dock at night, a worker checking the load

Looking to buy?

Procure any product in our portfolio, or ask for one we may be able to source. With strong logistical arrangements, we bring the metal you need to your facility, wherever in the world it is.

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How a trade moves.

  1. 01

    Inquiry

    Tell us the material, grade, volume and location.

  2. 02

    Grading and terms

    We confirm the specification and agree price and terms.

  3. 03

    Logistics

    Loading, freight and documents arranged for domestic or export delivery.

  4. 04

    Settlement

    Payment on the agreed terms once the material is confirmed.

Container port at night with gantry cranes, floodlit container stacks and a ship at the quay

Domestic and export markets.

Members of ISRI and BIR.

We are active members of the world-recognized trade organizations of the recycling industry: the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and the Bureau of International Recycling.

  • ISRI, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
  • BIR member, Bureau of International Recycling

Start a trade inquiry.

Tell us what you want to buy or sell. The form opens your email, addressed to our trade desk.

Office
98 Cuttermill Road, Suite 428N
Great Neck, NY 11021
Helpline
24/7
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