Titanium, Inconel and nickel alloys, duplex and 316 stainless, and tantalum come off refit, maintenance and fabrication work at marine and defence sites across WA. We sort every batch by alloy family at the Malaga yard and price it against each material’s own reference.
Inconel 718 · alloy identified before pricing A general scrap yard often prices titanium, Inconel and 316 stainless from a marine or defence job the same way, by weight, mixed together. Each of those alloys carries its own reference price, and that value gets flattened the moment they go into one load.
We sort every batch by alloy family at the Malaga yard before it’s priced, so titanium, Inconel, stainless and tantalum are each valued against their own reference rather than a mixed rate. A part that reaches us with no supporting paperwork is identified with the XRF rather than guessed; that check isn’t run on every load, only where the alloy genuinely needs confirming.
See how we price stainless steel and titanium, Inconel and other nickel alloys coming off refit, maintenance and fabrication work, and use our identification guide when a part turns up with no supporting paperwork attached, especially on a mixed load from a workshop clear-out.
Whether a bin sits at a shipyard, refit workshop or fabrication shop is decided case by case, weighing the relationship, location, material and expected weight, and bins are generally set up for repeat customers rather than a one-off job. Smaller loads can still be brought to the Malaga depot by appointment, and a yard visit ahead of a bigger clear-out is free but must be booked, since the team isn’t always on site.
A quotation on a refit or workshop-scale load carries its own expiry, generally 24 or 72 hours depending on the alloy and market, so it’s worth asking close to the refit or drydock window rather than months in advance. Material that still needs sorting or grading can take longer to settle than a load that’s ready to go.
Inconel 718 · alloy identified before pricing Specialty alloys, stainless, workshop tooling and unmarked material stay in separate streams before pricing.
Whether it’s a single component or a multi-pallet refit clear-out, the sequence is the same.
Whether it’s a single component or a multi-pallet refit clear-out, every load follows the same weighing, sorting, documentation and settlement process at Malaga.
Every load is weighed at the Malaga depot before it’s priced, so the number you’re paid on matches the number on the docket.
Titanium, Inconel, stainless and tantalum are separated and assessed by alloy before anything is valued.
A batch record travels with every load, listing weight, grade and destination for your own reporting.
There’s no cost for the bin or the freight. It travels back to us on your existing backload run; we don’t run a skip truck to pick it up.
Furberg, Arvidsson and Molander, writing in Journal of Cleaner Production 209 (2019), found that recycling metal cuts environmental impact by 22 to 100 percent depending on the category. Recovering titanium, Inconel and stainless from refit work keeps that alloy in circulation.
Weight, alloy grade and destination are logged for every load off your site, documentation that sits behind your own reporting without you building the audit trail yourself. We fit in with a shipyard or workshop’s own access and paperwork requirements, rather than asking the site to change how it runs.
Refit, turnaround or workshop clear-out coming up? Send photos of what’s on site and we’ll give you an indicative view of what it’s worth, including how the free bin works.
Malaga, WA · Free bin and freight, on backload · Priced by grade and alloy content
