Dies, punches and forming tools
Stamping and forming dies with a carbide face or insert, worn or cracked.
Materials we recycle · Tungsten carbide
Tungsten carbide scrap,
priced on tungsten and cobalt content.
Worn dies, punches, wear parts and mixed carbide offcuts, in any condition. Drill Bits Recyclers buys tungsten carbide scrap from WA workshops and mine sites, and grades each load by its actual tungsten and cobalt content.
Tungsten · W74
Why specialist sorting
What sets a tungsten carbide
scrap price.
Carbide dies, punches, wear parts and offcuts often arrive with steel attached. We assess the carbide and steel separately instead of applying one mixed-scrap rate.
What affects the price:
- Tungsten and cobalt content
- Binder type
- Attached steel and contamination
- Quantity and condition
Pricing follows the current market price for tungsten. Send photos for an assessment. Loose inserts and grinding sludge belong under carbide inserts, while mining bits belong under drill bits.
A quotation for carbide scrap states its own expiry, typically 24 to 72 hours, since the tungsten market price it draws on shifts. Where a load carries dirt, grease or non-complying steel, the assessed weight of that material is deducted from the gross figure rather than used to reject the load.
Once grading is confirmed the payment goes out by EFT, and in most cases a settlement-ready load is paid that day. Want to watch a load being sorted before you commit? Book a walk-through at Malaga; it costs nothing, it just has to be arranged first. A phone photo showing any markings or wear pattern helps us give a faster first read.
Tungsten · W74
What we accept
Tungsten carbide forms
we buy.
Our process
How carbide 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 sorted by form, checked for grade, contamination and attached steel.
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 sorted by form, checked for grade, contamination and attached steel.
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Paid
Once the load is weighed and assessed, payment is arranged by EFT.
Who we work with
Who brings us
tungsten carbide scrap.
Our commitments
Why work with
Drill Bits Recyclers.
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Sorted by material
Your load is assessed for tungsten and cobalt content and for any attached steel.
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Free bin, free freight
No cost for the bin, no cost for the freight. The bin travels back to us on an existing backload run rather than on freight we charge for. We collect our own bin, not a general waste skip.
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Our yard in Malaga
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 if it's carbide?
Our identification guide covers density, spark and magnet tests you can run before you call.
ESG & responsible sourcing
What happens to carbide
after it's weighed.
1.3M+ kg
Recycled since 2022
All material recovered through Malaga since 2022, carbide and attached steel among it.
22 to 100%
Impact reduction, by category
Reported reductions move with the metal and the impact category the study looked at.
Every load
Traceable by load
Every carbide load is weighed and logged, which mine sites and workshops can fold into their own records.
Impact reduction reported for tungsten carbide recycling
From Furberg, Arvidsson and Molander, Journal of Cleaner Production 209 (2019).
Bottom figure reported Furberg et al. (2019)
22%
Top figure reported Varies with the metal and category studied
100%
The spread reflects different metals and categories in the underlying study, not a claim tied to this yard.
Evidence kept
KgMaterial recovered since 2022
LoadWeight record per load
PaperFurberg et al. (2019)
Band22 to 100% range by category
Sorted before pricing
Get paid for the tungsten
inside your carbide.
Send through a photo of what you’ve got and we’ll assess it from there. If you’re not sure whether the material is tungsten carbide at all, our identification guide walks through how to check.
Malaga yard • WA-wide collection • Weight and recovery records