Heavy Melting Steel

Heavy Melting Steel: What Counts and How to Prepare It

Practical answers on HMS grades, sizes, contamination and how to prepare and sell steel by the tonne.

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About This Site

Why HMSScrap.com Exists

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Heavy melting steel is the backbone of the scrap trade, sold by the tonne to steel mills and foundries. The rules about size, thickness and contamination are simple once explained. This site explains them.

When you have a load, ScrapTrade lets you list it once and compare offers from verified buyers, with payment held securely until the deal is confirmed.

What You Get

Steel by the Tonne

Know the Grades

What HMS is, and how the grades differ.

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Prepare It Properly

Sizes, cutting and what to keep out.

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Sell by the Tonne

Turn a steel load into offers from verified buyers.

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HMS Sources

Where Heavy Steel Comes From

Structural Beams Plate Reinforcing Bar Machinery Old Tanks Fabrication Offcuts Farm Equipment Demolition Steel
Who This Is For

Anyone With Heavy Steel

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Demolition and Builders

Beams, plate and reo to move and not sure what the grades mean? Start here.

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Fabricators and Workshops

Learn how thickness and size affect your offcut price.

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Farmers and Landholders

Understand how to sell old machinery and steel by the tonne.

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Ready Sellers

Steel prepared and want offers from verified buyers?

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Ready to Sell Your Steel?

List once on ScrapTrade and compare offers from verified buyers, with escrow-protected payment.

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