Metal Monday Episode #52 with Nick and Brett, December 27th, 2023

It's the last Metal Monday of the year and Brett and Nick are back to finish 2023 off. Copper is slowly getting close to $4 but we will have to wait and see if it makes it. The markets are looking like they will stay strong through February on the ferrous side. If you'd like to guest star on Metal Monday or be on A Scrap Life, text us at: (208) 487-4311. Produced by Recycled Media.

Transcription

all right last one of the Year we’re a few days late just had uh some holiday stuff going on over on our end but golly Brett you’re close man 39525 copper today story of my life just close but never to the to the Finish Line I got a couple days left though so maybe maybe overnight we break we break four we’ll see but yeah we’re inching right up there you know on the copper side yeah yeah I mean you I I assume the markets are open till Friday I don’t think they’re closing for any you know Chinese New Year’s or anything like that I think they’ll be closed next Monday but definitely open through Friday but Friday light trading but you know the good thing about light trading is it can you know move the market you just never know one way or the other all right well I hope you get it well I hope you get 399 but and then $ four dollars on Tuesday you get your $100 out of me yeah 420 yeah I know I know that well we’re we’re coming into the new year um any news on

Ferris on on your end yet you know I haven’t heard anything I I anticipate it to be sideways to um depend on the grade but it doesn’t feel like that January is going to be a down a down Market I mean maybe people got a lot of January money in December I mean that still be to be determined but it feels like you know the the trend right now is for it to stay where it’s at maybe push a little higher um I know you know I talked to a lot of different shredders and it feels like you know shreddable grades of material is light um especially in Northwest West this time of year it’s the roads challenging the holidays the deliveries are just challenging right so from a volume perspective it it definitely um needs some you know maybe some more pricing some positive pricing going into January might help that cost so we’ll see yeah yeah I’m hoping that’s the case um and we’ll see where you know the markets go for 2024 we got an election year it’s always a little funky but you know I’m not a huge I’ve never

been a New Year’s guy but it also does give you time to reflect and retool and you know as a company as an individual we can always be better and you know that’s what 2024 is gonna bring I hope so yeah I’m starting like a week behind because I’ll be on vacation next week so I guess I’m really not a New Year’s resolution guy this year I’m like it I’m out you guys around here everybody at the gym the Gym’s gonna be packed the all the the Subways in America versus McDonald’s will be packed you know like all the uh everybody getting ready for their 20124 health goals which good on you hey I’m here to say go attack it you know start today if you really want to um but I guess I’ll start a year behind because I’ll be on vacation I sure probably won’t be eating drinking water and working out twice a day enjoy your vacation if you have time let’s try to do a mobile medal Monday from somewhere it’s going to happen like there’s certain priorities that are going to have like we’re going to get Metal Monday

probably metal Tuesday squeezed in most likely um but maybe Metal Monday I guess if the markets will be closed and everybody will be on holiday so but you know we we’ll take at least you know this week the markets have been you know last week they ended well they’re start stayed strong so let’s hope this trend continues into January 2024 and that’ll make uh make for you know a good way to start the Year yes sir well looking forward to next year looking forward to catching you with a mobile metal Tuesday yes sir man looking I might even have a cocktail in my hand oh I love it I’ll have to do it uh well if you’re on vacation you can start you know whenever you want so I’ll just exactly all right thank you everybody have a great day3 thank you everybody for tuning in for all of 2023 we appreciate you if there’s something you’d like to see different then please don’t have hesitate to reach out uh we want to make this somewhat valuable to the right people and we’ll keep doing what we do all right thank you