Our Business Divisions

Sims Metal is a global leader in metal recycling. The company has grown from being an Australian-centric company to being one of the most significant metal recycling businesses in the world. Our operations are geographically diverse, and they comprise a network of processing facilities, many with deep-water port access, supported by an extensive network of feeder yards. From our bases of operations in Australia and the United States, Sims Metal buys, processes and sells ferrous and non-ferrous metal to manufacturers in 30 different countries.  

By the numbers

  • Global Operations: 9.8m tonnes of secondary metals sold annually
  • North America: 4.9 m tonnes of ferrous and non-ferrous metals sold
  • Australia and New Zealand: 1.9m tonnes of ferrous and non-ferrous metals sold

Sims Metal buys ferrous metal from metal dealers, peddlers, auto wreckers, demolition firms and others who generate obsolete metal, and from manufacturers who generate industrial metal. They provide customized recycling services to meet the individual needs of commercial and industrial scrap metal producers.  

The company customizes its services to maximize each scrap provider’s net scrap revenues, and those services include:

  • Fair-market scrap metal prices
  • State and federally certified scales
  • Accountability and control procedures, including:
    • Numbered and dated receipts
    • Certified scale tickets
    • Checks that reference both the receipt and scale tickets
  • Weighing programs – no cost weighing procedures
  • Simple techniques to upgrade the value of your material
  • Over 100 years of experience in the metal recycling industry