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Mount Prospect’s industrial pockets and contractor base sit right between Des Plaines and Arlington Heights — small shops, maintenance operations, and electrical contractors generating carbide tooling, copper wire, and brass every week. Ironcrest Industrial Surplus buys it all across Mount Prospect, minutes from our Rolling Meadows base. Text a photo to 312-880-8174 for today’s price.
UPDATED OCTOBER 2026
Small shops across Mount Prospect run carbide tooling — inserts, end mills, drills. We buy it by the pound, no minimum, and pay on the spot.
Electrical contractors and maintenance work across Mount Prospect — pulled Romex and THHN, service cable, drops and cutoffs. Every foot has value.
Fittings, valves, meters, and cleanout brass from Mount Prospect’s contractors and shops — graded by type, paid fairly.
Mount Prospect isn’t a giant industrial park — it’s something better for a seller: a dense mix of small shops, maintenance contractors, and tradespeople who generate real material without a corporate purchasing department slowing things down. A bucket of used inserts, a truck bed of pulled wire, a garage cleanout full of brass — it all spends the same.
We’re minutes away in Rolling Meadows, so Mount Prospect gets true same-day pickup. And there’s no minimum: whether it’s a drum from a shop or a box from a garage, text a photo and we’ll give you a number today.
Yes — there’s no minimum, and we’re minutes away in Rolling Meadows. A bucket of inserts or a box of brass is worth a text to 312-880-8174.
Yes. Garage and basement cleanouts with copper wire, brass fixtures, or old tooling — text a photo and we’ll tell you what it’s worth.
Text a photo of your pile to 312-880-8174 and we’ll tell you what grade it is and what we’re paying today — same day, no games. We don’t publish per-pound prices because the market moves too fast for that.
Yes. Illinois law requires scrap buyers to record a photo ID for every purchase. Bring a valid ID — that’s the whole paperwork side of the deal.
Yes — same-day pickup across the Chicago area, and Mount Prospect is minutes from our base.
Based in Rolling Meadows, we buy scrap metal across the Chicago area, including Des Plaines, Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, Elk Grove Village. See all service areas.
Photograph the material, nameplates and quantity, then send them through the quote form, by email or by phone.
We review what the material is, its condition and quantity, and whether it fits a direct purchase.
For qualifying material, we discuss a direct purchase offer and the next steps.
Send a photo, get a fast, free no-obligation quote — or call 312-880-8174.