Epidemic-related and political restrictions in scrap supply have helped demonstrate the value of secondary commodities. Scrap’s value to the global supply chain is noticed when it becomes scarcer.

Although winter weather has pinched supply in some places, mills in the U.S. and Turkey expect to buy ferrous scrap for less. A scrap processor in the western U.S. says, “The demand for material off ...

The price of silver has effectively doubled over the last six months. While many pieces of Victorian silver such as flatware, ...