Ertrags- und Margenverlust durch fehlerhafte Reinheitsprüfung von Schrottlegierungen

Definition

Australian scrap yards buy and sell based on metal type and grade, with higher prices for correctly identified non‑ferrous and high‑grade alloys. Industry guidance for Australian recyclers stresses the importance of using handheld analysers to sort and test alloys, noting that "today's best practices include testing 100% of critical materials" to avoid mis‑sorting and value loss.[8] Where purity testing is based on visual inspection, magnet tests or ad‑hoc sampling, high‑value alloys (e.g. certain stainless steels, nickel alloys, copper grades) are often downgraded into mixed or lower‑grade streams, reducing sale price per tonne. Conversely, mis‑identifying low‑grade material as higher purity leads to over‑payment to suppliers and potential customer quality claims or rejections. For a yard handling AUD 5–10 million in annual non‑ferrous turnover, a 1–3% mis‑grading impact equals AUD 50,000–300,000 lost margin each year.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Australian 🇦🇺 scrap processors lose 1–3% of material value annually by mis‑grading and mis‑pricing mixed alloys during manual purity testing. Automating 100% alloy identification with handheld XRF/analysers and linking results to pricing can recover AUD 100,000+ per medium site each year.

Affected Stakeholders

Yard Manager, Buyers/Purchasing Manager, Weighbridge and Intake Staff, Sales Manager

Related Business Risks