Materials Pricing Report 30 November 2012

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1 Materials Pricing Report 3 November 212 Market overview Recovered paper and board prices are broadly stable with slight increases in mixed paper and OCC grades. Demand from China is expected to remain low until the end of the year with demand for finished product weaker than expected for the time of year HDPE plastic bottle grades fell by 1 per tonne while other recovered plastic bottle and film grade prices are stable Non-ferrous metal grade prices rose by up to 5 per tonne reflecting higher primary metal prices. Ferrous metal grade prices are stable with demand from Europe reportedly weak. Recovered textile, glass and metal can prices are stable full price listings pages 2-3 materials sectors start page 4 Sign up for WRAP prices by For more information on how to receive the report free of charge direct to your inbox, visit Subscribers must be willing to provide regular pricing information, which will be treated in the strictest of confidence and used on an unattributed basis. 1

2 Materials Pricing Report: full listings November 212 week 5 Change Change (low) (high) Paper News & PAMs papers: domestic papers: export OCC: domestic OCC: export Multigrade Over issues (OIN) Best white no. 2 Plastic Clear PET bottles Coloured PET bottles Natural HDPE HDPE Other plastics LDPE 98/ Ferrous Grade A metals Grade 4C Grade 7B Grade Non-ferrous Copper dry bright wire metals Aluminium pure cuttings Lead batteries 18/8 stainless steel solids Cans Aluminium: baled/densified Steel Prices continue on page 3 2

3 Materials Pricing Report November 212 week 5 Change Change Last updated 6/11 w/c 26/11 w/c 19/11 (low) (high) Glass Clear Amber Green Last updated 26/1 w/c 26/11 w/c 19/11 Textiles Banks rags Last updated 16/11 w/c 26/11 w/c 19/11 Wood * Gate fees: high grade Gate fees: low grade Last updated 16/11 w/c 26/11 w/c 19/11 Green waste * Bagged Loose Last updated 16/11 w/c 26/11 w/c 19/11 Landfill * Spot gate Tax Notes l Quoted price ranges are typical prices for a full HGV load. Paper and plastics are for collected (ex-works) material, whereas those for glass are for material delivered to a reprocessor or port (FAS). l Paper and glass prices typically apply to all loads collected/delivered over a fixed period (such as one month), whereas plastics prices are typically agreed on a load by load basis. l Some prices submitted by subscribers may not be included if they have been negotiated under unusual circumstances or if special conditions apply. l Full details of methods used can be found at wrap.org.uk/mpr. Produced on behalf of WRAP by MRW l For more information, please contact the WRAP helpline quoting 2BD or mrw@emap.com l The information contained within this report should not be disclosed to third parties without the express permission of WRAP. l Disclaimer: This report has been produced by MRW based on unaudited reports of transactions made by subscribers. MRW has not been involved in any way with these transactions and benefits neither directly nor indirectly from the prices reported. Although MRW has no reason to believe that any of the reported information is false, and to the best of its abilities has ensured that the information reported is accurate, neither MRW nor WRAP take any liability for commercial decisions by subscribers based on the content of this report. *These are MRW-produced prices and are not part of the WRAP Materials Pricing Report. However, the same methodology was used 3

4 Materials Pricing Report November 212 week 5 paper: last updated Nov week 5, next update Dec week 1 News & PAMs papers: domestic OCC: domestic Multigrade Over issues (OIN) Best white Recovered mixed paper and OCC grades rose by 5 per tonne to 6-7 per tonne and 7-8 per tonne respectively. Despite the slight increase in prices for these two paper grades, merchants generally expect prices to continue to fall. Chinese mills are reportedly not looking to replenish current low inventory levels until early 213. Market anecdote suggests demand for finished product is currently weaker than expected for the time of year. All other recovered paper grade prices are unchanged. Recovered paper prices 16 News & PAMs paper OCC Aug 12 May 12 Feb 12 Jun 11 Dec 1 Oct 1 Aug 1 Jul 9 Jun 9 Apr 9 Feb 9 Nov 8 Jul 8 plastics: last updated Nov week 5, next update Dec week 1 Clear PET bottles Natural HDPE LDPE 98/ Natural and mixed HDPE bottle prices fell by 1 per tonne to 365 per tonne and 165 per tonne respectively. All other recovered plastic bottle and film grade prices are stable. Market participants report that domestic demand for recovered plastic bottles has been fairly strong over the past month. Recovered plastic prices Clear PET bottles Natural HDPE LDPE 98: Apr 12 Jan 12 Jun 11 Dec 1 Oct 1 Aug 1 Jul 9 Jun 9 Apr 9 Feb 9 Nov 8 Jul 8 4

5 Materials Pricing Report November 212 week 5 FERROUS METALS: last updated Nov week 5, next update Dec week 1 Grade A Grade 4C Grade 7B Grade Domestic ferrous scrap metal prices are stable. Meanwhile, export prices are reported to have declined over the past week due to poor export demand from Turkey and other parts of Europe. Market anecdote suggests that ferrous scrap tonnages and prices are likely to continue to fall during December Ferrous scrap prices Grade OA heavy Grade 4C Grade 7B Grade Aug 12 Apr 12 Feb 12 May 11 Mar 11 Jan 11 Nov 1 Sep 1 NON-FERROUS METALS: last updated Nov week 5, next update Dec week 1 Copper dry bright wire Aluminium pure cuttings Lead batteries 18/8 stainless solids Aluminium pure cutting prices increased by 5 per tonne to 9 per tonne, the highest price since June. Copper dry bright wire prices also rose by 5 per tonne to 4,2 per tonne. 18/8 stainless steel solid prices rose by 1 per tonne to 68 per tonne. Prices for all of these metals have increased due to stronger primary metal prices over the past month. In contrast, lead battery prices are stable at 475 per tonne with primary lead prices relatively stable over the past month. Merchants report that the supply of batteries is low for the time of year. Non -ferrous scrap prices Copper dry bright wire Aluminium pure cuttings Lead batteries 18/8 stainless solids Aug 12 Jun 12 Mar 12 May 11 Mar 11 Dec 1 Oct 1 Dec 9 5

6 Materials Pricing Report November 212 week 5 glass: last updated Nov week 1, next update Dec week 1 Clear Amber Green w/c 26 Nov w/c 26 Nov Recovered glass prices are unchanged. Recovered glass prices 4 Clear Amber Green Feb 12 Nov 11 Sep 11 Nov 1 Sep 1 Apr 1 Feb 1 Jul 9 May 9 Mar 9 Nov 8 Jul 8 CANS: last updated Nov week 3, next update Dec week 3 Aluminium: baled Steel Recovered can prices are unchanged. Recovered can prices 1,2 Aluminium cans Steel cans cans 1, Apr 12 Jan 12 Jun 11 Dec 1 Oct 1 Aug 1 Jul 9 Jun 9 Apr 9 Feb 9 Nov 8 Jul 8 6

7 Materials Pricing Report November 212 week 5 TEXTILES: last updated Oct week 4, next update Nov week 4 Banks rags Recovered textile prices are unchanged. Recovered textile prices 55 textiles Banks Rags Mar 12 Jan 12 Nov 11 Sep 11 May 11 Mar 11 Dec 1 Oct 1 Aug 1 7