Today's Scrap Rates in Abbottabad

Abbottabad, a garrison city nestled in the Hazara hills, generates scrap from its military institutions, Ayub Medical Complex, COMSATS University, and a tourism-driven hospitality sector. The Hattar and Havelian industrial estates nearby contribute significant industrial scrap from marble processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and food-product packaging. The ongoing Hazara Motorway construction has introduced large-volume earthmoving-equipment wear parts and construction scrap into the local market.

Motorway-construction steel—reinforcement bars, form-work panels, pile casings—commands PKR 95–115/kg in Abbottabad's yards. Hospital and laboratory equipment scrap in stainless steel fetches PKR 165–200/kg, while copper from building-renovation electrical work averages PKR 1,800–2,080/kg. Aluminium from hospitality-sector kitchen equipment and defunct air-conditioning units trades at PKR 440–510/kg. Marble-processing steel from Hattar adds steady volumes at PKR 85–100/kg.

Construction contractors on the Hazara Motorway project should coordinate scrap disposal with the project's environmental management plan, as the National Highway Authority requires documented waste handling. The Mansehra Road scrap yards handle the largest volumes and maintain weighbridge facilities for heavy loads. Abbottabad's relatively affluent consumer market also generates quality household-appliance scrap, and sellers of such material should target dealers who supply the Rawalpindi refurbishment workshops rather than accepting generic mixed-scrap rates.