Delhi has three scrap markets operating at the same time, and none of them quote the same rate on the same day. Mayapuri is feeding small re-rollers in Ghaziabad. Bawana MIDC is supplying induction furnaces 30km away. Narela is absorbing Monday overhang from Punjab transit lots. If you are selling in Delhi NCR without knowing which market your buyer sits in, you are negotiating blind.
Delhi scrap rate today for September 2026 is holding between Rs.30–42/kg depending on grade, material source, and which buyer you are talking to. That range is not a wide estimate. It reflects a market where factory-sourced industrial steel and household-grade mixed iron are two different products that no serious buyer will price the same way.
Delhi Scrap Rate September 2026: Grade-Wise Table
These are the active indicative rates as of 16 September 2026:
| Scrap Grade | Rate Per Kg | Rate Per Tonne |
|---|---|---|
| Standard iron / ferrous scrap | Rs.30 – Rs.34 | Rs.30,000 – Rs.34,000 |
| Industrial steel scrap mix | Rs.35 – Rs.42 | Rs.35,000 – Rs.42,000 |
| HMS 1 (heavy melting scrap) | Rs.28 – Rs.34 | Rs.28,000 – Rs.34,000 |
| HMS 2 (mixed / lighter gauge) | Rs.28 – Rs.34 | Rs.28,000 – Rs.34,000 |
| MS iron sheet scrap | Rs.36 – Rs.40 | Rs.36,000 – Rs.40,000 |
| Cast iron (industrial grade) | Rs.30 – Rs.34 | Rs.30,000 – Rs.34,000 |
| Cast iron (foundry / low grade) | Rs.24 – Rs.29 | Rs.24,000 – Rs.29,000 |
Rates have softened Rs.500–1,000 per tonne since February September 2026. The trigger was a scheduled maintenance cycle at induction furnaces supplying Ghaziabad and Muzaffarnagar, which pulled weekly intake volumes down. When furnace demand drops, every scrap yard within 100km feels it within 48 hours. Dealers in Delhi NCR who were sitting on inventory waiting for a recovery had to move material at Rs.1–2/kg below their cost price just to clear stock before the next buying cycle opened.
Why Delhi Loha Rate Differs From Other Cities
A 10-tonne load moving from Narela to a Muzaffarnagar re-roller covers 160km and costs the buyer Rs.9,000-13,000 in freight and tolls. That full cost lands on your purchase quote before the buyer even picks up the phone. Sellers who benchmark against Pune or Mumbai rates are comparing landed costs across completely different freight corridors.
Sellers who benchmark their local quote against a national published rate without adjusting for the local freight corridor will always feel shortchanged, even when they are getting a fair deal. Understanding how scrap transport costs affect your final rate is the most useful calculation any Delhi seller can do before entering a negotiation.
Factory-Direct vs Yard-Collected: Where the Real Money Is
Nobody tells you this part upfront, but it is where the real price gap lives in the Delhi market.
A factory-direct lot from Mayapuri, Bawana MIDC, and the Narela industrial cluster comes with a known origin, predictable grade mix, and at minimum a gate pass the buyer can verify. That certainty is worth Rs.3–5/kg more than yard-collected mixed scrap, where the buyer has no choice but to price worst-case purity into his offer. Yard-collected scrap is a black box to a furnace operator. It might be 85% clean HMS or it might carry 12–15% non-ferrous contamination that burns up heat and melt time. That uncertainty gets priced in immediately. The full economics behind this gap are explained at factory vs yard scrap price difference.
How Delhi Buyers Grade Your Material
This is where most sellers lose money, and it happens after the rate is already agreed.
HMS 1 must be thick-gauge, clean ferrous with no non-ferrous attachments. Buyers in Narela, Bawana, and Mayapuri run induction furnaces where material consistency directly affects output quality. HMS 1 currently fetches Rs.28–34/kg, but any load with mixed sizing or visible scale gets pushed toward the lower band or reclassified entirely. The full grading criteria that buyers apply is covered in the HMS 1 vs HMS 2 scrap specs guide.
HMS 2 trades at the same band on paper, but buyers apply Rs.1–2/kg discounts on loads with significant light-gauge or mixed-profile content. If your material gets reclassified from HMS 1 to HMS 2 at the destination gate, that is a Rs.10,000–16,000 swing on an 8-tonne deal. Grade correctly before loading, not after arrival.
MS iron sheet scrap holds at Rs.36–40/kg because it charges directly into induction furnaces without pre-processing. Cast iron industrial grade at Rs.30–34/kg is steady. Foundry-grade or low-purity cast iron at Rs.24–29/kg is the most volatile category because carbon content uncertainty creates melt risk that buyers price heavily. The value comparison between HMS and cast iron grades is broken down at HMS vs cast iron scrap value.
What Really Happens at the Weighbridge
Here is the catch that experienced sellers already know: the rate agreed on the phone is a starting point, not a final number. The real negotiation happens at the weighbridge and during unloading, and if you are not prepared, you lose money on a deal you thought was already closed.
A Narela dealer agreed Rs.33/kg for a clean 10-tonne HMS 1 lot over the phone. By the time the truck reached Muzaffarnagar, the load had picked up moisture during an overnight halt and was docked Rs.1.50/kg across the full consignment. Rs.15,000 gone from a deal he thought was already closed. The load was not rejected. It was repriced at the gate, and he had no documentation to push back with.
Buyers across Delhi NCR consistently dock for:
- Moisture content: wet loads from outdoor storage or transit rain get docked Rs.1–2/kg across the full consignment
- Non-ferrous contamination: copper wire, aluminium brackets, rubber, and plastic mixed into ferrous piles trigger immediate reclassification
- Grade inconsistency: HMS 1 that fails the buyer’s thickness check gets repriced as HMS 2 on the spot
- Weighbridge discrepancy: your yard tare weight versus the buyer’s certified bridge at destination
Grading and segregating before the truck leaves is the only way to avoid a gate-side argument with no documentation to support your position.
The Delhi Rate Pattern Most Sellers Miss
But that is only half the picture when reading the Delhi NCR market.
Narela and Bawana MIDC yards often get first call from Punjab-based traders offloading transit stock, which keeps supply artificially high on Monday mornings and pushes rates down Rs.1-2/kg before Tuesday demand from Ghaziabad furnaces catches up. The sellers who know this close their deals on Wednesday, not Monday.
Pre-Budget weeks in January and February see mills across Delhi NCR rushing to lock raw material before potential duty revisions. That intake spike pushes HMS rates up Rs.500-1,000 per tonne for 10-14 days, and sellers holding stock from December into late January consistently come out Rs.8,000-12,000 per tonne better than those who sold in the first week of December.
Beyond the city-specific pattern, Friday afternoon is consistently the weakest closing window across India. Induction furnaces reduce intake going into the weekend when maintenance staff is minimal, and buyers have no urgency to commit. Mid-week, Tuesday to Thursday morning, is when furnace intake calendars are being filled and buyers close at the stronger end of the weekly band. If you want to understand how steel plants decide their weekly scrap intake rates, that cycle is explained in detail.
Common Questions on Delhi Scrap Rate
What is the scrap rate in Delhi today?
Delhi scrap rates as of September 2026 range from Rs.24/kg for low-grade cast iron to Rs.42/kg for clean industrial steel mix. HMS 1 and HMS 2 are both moving at Rs.28-34/kg depending on grade consistency, buyer location, and whether the load is factory-sourced or yard-collected.
Which area in Delhi has the best scrap rates?
Mayapuri and Bawana MIDC consistently offer the most competitive rates because buyer density is higher there. More buyers competing for the same material means sellers have room to negotiate. Narela rates run Rs.1-2/kg softer due to Monday supply surplus from Punjab transit stock.
How is Delhi scrap rate different from Punjab rate?
Delhi HMS rates typically sit Rs.1-3/kg below Mandi Gobindgarh on the same day. Gobindgarh furnaces are co-located with the scrap market, so there is almost no freight between yard and buyer. Delhi material travels 100-200km before reaching a furnace, and that transport premium reduces the purchase price.
What documents are needed to sell scrap in Delhi?
You need valid GST registration, a weighbridge slip from a certified bridge, vehicle permit for interstate transport if the load is going outside Delhi, and an invoice with HSN code 7204 for ferrous scrap.
If you want verified daily rates across Delhi NCR alongside access to screened buyers, Steel Baba tracks city-level ferrous prices and connects sellers with buyers whose legitimacy has already been checked. The mistakes that cost sellers the most money in early deals are covered at scrap seller mistakes to avoid.
All figures above are indicative and subject to daily market movement; confirm current rates directly with your buyer or a local dealer before finalising any load as of 16 September 2026.