Metals & Mining

SECURE Metals & Mining offers efficient and industry leading service from a team of experienced and skilled employees across our facilities in Western Canada. With safety top of mind, you can depend on SECURE to take care of your scrap metal recycling needs.

OUR EXPERIENCE BROUGHT US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

With a combined 60+ years of experience as a full-service scrap metal recycler, the SECURE team has remained innovative and listened to the needs of our customers. We have grown our geographic footprint to six strategically located facilities, to provide scrap metal & steel recycling, clean-up & demolition services, bin services and surplus scrap metal marketing.

SECURE is your one-stop shop for all your recycling needs. We offer:

• Skilled labour force with experience in scrap metal recycling, demolition and project management
• Comprehensive safety program
• Large modern fleet of equipment
• Strategically located facilities to best serve our customers
• GPS dispatched truck and bin fleet
• Automated scrap management program
• 24-hour immediate derailment response
  

We'll Pay You For Your Scrap Metal! 

Have scrap metal you need to recycle? SECURE will provide a fast, clean and safe experience and we’ll pay you for it! We accept both ferrous and nonferrous metals.

Ferrous:

Residential Goods Fridges, stoves and other appliances	Farm Equipment Equipment wire, scrap equipment, parts
Vehicles Scrap cars, trucks and parts	Industrial & Manufacturing Steel shavings produced from the manufacturing process
Cast Iron Cast iron drums and rotors with steel parts removed	Rail Scrap

Nonferrous:

Aluminum, copper, stainless steel, lead, nickel, brass, batteries, tin, and zinc are among the many base metals that are referred to in the industry as nonferrous scrap. These materials have a variety of uses and maintain their chemical properties through repeated recycling and reprocessing. This composition makes nonferrous metals infinitely recyclable and important to maintaining sustainability in resource conservation.

 Examples of nonferrous metals we accept:

Copper Scrap Sources include copper pipe, valves, commercial electronics and wiring	Aluminum Scrap Found in many places including building materials, kitchen utensils, can and foils
Brass Can be found in bathroom fixtures, light fixtures, keys, door handles and other hardware	Insulated Wire From electrical construction projects which includes many different grades of wire
Teck Cable Large Teck cables used in industrial applications	Stainless Steel Commonly found in bathroom fixtures, light fixtures, keys, door handles and other hardware

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SECURE has a large fleet of mobile scrap processing equipment including:

• Mobile hydraulic shears
• Picker trucks
• Balers
• Loaders
• Excavators
• Purpose-built material handlers fitted with magnets and grapples

Bin Services

SECURE has a large inventory of roll-off and lugger bins that are available for short-term or long-term bin service to best suit our customers’ needs. Our modern fleet of bin trucks and trailers are GPS dispatched and our bin management software allows for the efficient management, deployment and recovery of our more than 1,000 bins placed throughout British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Bin Services Fact Sheet

Using Innovation to Better Serve Our Customers

In June 2022, our Red Deer Scrap Metals facility opened a Peddler Residential Operations (PRO) yard. This yard expansion offers customers a facility to bring small loads of ferrous and nonferrous recycling material including:

• Copper
• Brass
• Appliances
• Vehicles
• Batteries

The Red Deer PRO Yard offers quick, clean, efficient and safe service including an easy-to-use customer friendly scale. The facility is open Monday to Saturday and opens at 8 am. For more information contact us!

How to get the most our of your scrap metal:

Recycling your metals is not only good for the environment, but also for your wallet. Old appliances, materials from renovation projects and car scraps can all be taken to one of our locations to be recycled.

To get the most for your scrap you should have a basic understanding of metals to be able to separate your ferrous and non-ferrous metals and remove any non-metallic material such as plastic, wood, insulation, rubber, etc.

How much is your scrap metal worth?

Things that may affect the price you get are:

• Scrap Metal Market Commodity Pricing
• Supply and demand
• Seasonality
• Type of scrap
• Scrap quality

If you have questions about pricing, what can be recycled or how to drop off your scrap contact your Metal Recycling Facility in your area!