Ferrous metal is magnetic and derives from iron or contains iron along with other metals such as steel. Materials in the ferrous metal category can be further organized into subcategories. According to specifications as outlined by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries in 2009, the following is a sample of ferrous scrap metal grades:
Ferrous Scrap Metal
No. 1 heavy melting steel
No. 1 heavy melting steel, 3 feet x 18 inches
No. 1 heavy melting steel, 5 feet x 18 inches
No. 2 heavy melting steel
No. 2 heavy melting steel
No. 2 heavy melting steel, 3 feet x 18 inches
No. 2 heavy melting steel, 5 feet x 18 inches
No. 1 busheling
New black sheet clippings
No. 1 bundles
No. 2 bundles
Shredded scrap
Shredded clippings
Steel can bundles
No. 3 bundles
Incinerator bundles
Terne plate bundles
Bundled No. 1 steel
Bundled No. 2 steel
Machine shop turnings
Machine shop turnings and iron borings
Shoveling turnings
Shoveling turnings and iron borings
Iron borings
Auto slabs
Briquetted iron borings
Briquetted steel turnings
Mill scale
Electric Furnace Casting and Foundry
Billet, bloom and forge crops
Bar crops and plate scrap
Plate and structural steel, 5 feet and under
Cast steel
Punchings and plate scrap
Electric furnace bundles
Cut structural and plate scrap, 3 feet and under
Cut structural and plate scrap, 2 feet and under
Cut structural and plate scrap, 1 foot and under
Silicon busheling
Silicon clippings
Chargeable ingots and ingot butts
Foundry steel, 2 feet and under
Foundry steel, 1 foot and under
Springs and crankshafts
Alloy-free turnings
Alloy-free short shoveling steel turnings
Alloy-free machine shop turnings
Hard steel cut 30 inches and under
Chargeable slab crops
Silicon bundles
Heavy turnings
Cast Iron
Cupola cast
Charging box cast
Heavy breakable cast
Hammer block or bases
Burnt iron
Mixed cast
Stove plate, clean cast iron stove
Clean auto cast
Unstripped motor blocks
Drop broken machinery cast
Clean auto cast, broken, not degreased
Clean auto cast, degreased
Malleable
Broken ingot molds and stools
Unbroken ingot molds and stools
Railroad Scrap
Axles, steel
Spikes, track bolts and nuts, and lock washers, may include rail anchors
Tie plates
Rail joints, angle and/or splice bars
Bolsters and/or truck sides, frames: uncut
Cast steel, No. 2
Cast steel, No. 1
Cast iron, No. 1
Cast iron, No. 2
Cast iron, No. 3
Cast iron, No. 4
Cast iron brake shoes
Couplers and/or knuckles
Frogs and/or switches, uncut
Railbound manganese frogs and switch points with manganese inserts that have not been cut apart
Malleable
Melting steel, railroad No. 1
Rail, steel No. 1
Rail, steel No. 2 cropped rail ends
Rail, steel No. 3
Sheet scrap, No. 1
Sheet scrap, No. 2
Steel, tool
Steel, manganese
Steel, spring
Structural, wrought iron and/or steel uncut
Tires
Turnings, No. 1
Turnings, drillings and/or borings, No. 2
Wheels, No. 1
Wheels, No. 3
Destroyed steel cars
Destroyed steel car sides and box car roofs
Special Scrap
No. 1 chemical borings
Briquetted cast iron borings, hot process
Briquetted cast iron borings, cold process
Malleable borings
No. 2 chemical borings
