304 and 316 offcuts and fabrication drops
Sheet, bar, pipe and plate offcuts from fabrication work.
Materials we recycle · Stainless steel
Stainless steel scrap,
graded by type and nickel content.
304, 316 and other stainless grades: offcuts, tank and vessel scrap, fabrication drops and worn fittings. Drill Bits Recyclers buys stainless steel scrap from WA workshops and grades each load by type and nickel content.
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Why specialist sorting
What sets a stainless steel
scrap price.
Stainless steel is graded before pricing. A mixed load of 304, 316 and attached mild steel should not be priced as one generic stainless category.
What affects the price:
- Stainless grade, including 304 or 316
- Nickel and molybdenum content
- Mild-steel fittings and coatings
- Quantity and form
Pricing follows the current market price for nickel and the applicable stainless surcharge. Send photos and a rough weight for an assessment.
Mild-steel fittings, coatings or other non-stainless material on a load are weighed and deducted from the gross figure rather than used to price the whole batch as one generic grade. Any weight that doesn’t qualify as stainless is recorded separately so the deduction is clear on the report. A quotation for stainless scrap carries its own expiry, since the nickel price and stainless surcharge behind it move with the market.
Settlement is by EFT after grading, and a load that is ready to settle is normally paid the same day. The yard runs on appointments, so ring ahead if you’d like to see a stainless load graded before sending yours.
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What we accept
Stainless steel forms
we buy.
Our process
How stainless scrap gets from your yard
to a payment.
A phone photo of the load, roughly how much, and where it came from is enough for a first read.
Step 1We drop a bin at your site, or you bring the load to Malaga yourself.
Step 2The load is graded by type, checked for nickel content and contamination.
Step 3Once the load is weighed and assessed, payment is arranged by EFT.
Step 401
Send a photo
A phone photo of the load, roughly how much, and where it came from is enough for a first read.
02
Bin or drop-off
We drop a bin at your site, or you bring the load to Malaga yourself.
03
Sorted and assessed
The load is graded by type, checked for nickel content and contamination.
04
Paid
Once the load is weighed and assessed, payment is arranged by EFT.
Who we work with
Who brings us
stainless steel scrap.
Our commitments
Why work with
Drill Bits Recyclers.
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Sorted by grade
Your load is identified by type and assessed for nickel content, not priced as generic steel.
02
Free bin, free freight
There's no charge for the bin or the freight. It rides back to Malaga on a backload run we're already running, not on freight billed to you.
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Bring it to our Malaga yard
Drill Bits Recyclers, 2/89 Pavers Circle, Malaga WA 6090. Call ahead on (08) 6385 7855 and we'll meet you at the gate, or email info@dbrecyclers.com with a photo first.
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Not sure of the grade?
Our identification guide covers the checks you can run before you call.
ESG & responsible sourcing
Stainless, graded and weighed
before it moves on.
1.3M+ kg
Recycled since 2022
Total material recovered since 2022 across every stream, stainless included.
22 to 100%
Impact reduction, by category
The reduction reported varies with the metal and the impact category behind the figure.
Every load
Graded and logged
Every load is weighed and recorded by grade, which a workshop can use in its own supply-chain paperwork.
Reported reduction range from the hard-metal study
Per Furberg, Arvidsson and Molander, Journal of Cleaner Production 209 (2019).
Lower figure reported Furberg et al. (2019)
22%
Upper figure reported Determined by the metal and category in the study
100%
The range reflects different metals and impact categories in the underlying research, not a figure tied to this yard.
On the books
KgAll material recovered since 2022, stainless included
GradeWeight record logged by grade
StudyFurberg et al. (2019)
Range22 to 100% range, by category
Sorted before pricing
Get your stainless scrap
graded by type.
A photo of what you’ve got is enough to start. We’ll come back with an assessment, and if you’re also working with nickel alloys such as Inconel, our nickel alloys page covers that material separately.
Malaga yard • WA-wide collection • Weight and recovery records