Best Scrap Dealers in Thane
Five scrap dealers in Thane worth your phone call, ranked on rate, weighbridge honesty, payment speed and GST compliance. Thane HMS 80:20 sits at ₹33,200/MT today, with clean Wagle Estate factory-direct lots reaching ₹40,000/MT. Thane sits between two very different markets, and knowing which way to send a load is worth more than the negotiation.
₹33,200
THANE HMS 80:20 /MT
₹40,000
TOP WAGLE ESTATE LOT /MT
24–48 hrs
PAYMENT CYCLE
12 Grades
PRICED BELOW
Thane’s advantage is that it sits between two markets that price completely differently, and nobody tells sellers to use that. Mumbai’s bulk HMS 80:20 index is at ₹32,900/MT. Navi Mumbai’s sorted industrial grades run around ₹37,900/MT. Thane at ₹33,200/MT on base material is a shade above Mumbai, and from most of the district you can reach either side inside an hour. So the question is never just what Thane pays. It is which direction your particular load should travel.
The district also splits into two quite separate trades. Wagle Industrial Estate generates engineering and press-shop material with real documentation behind it, and that is where the top of the range gets paid. Bhiwandi is a different animal, dominated by warehousing, logistics and demolition, which means a lot of mixed lots and a lot of non-ferrous buried inside them. Both are worth knowing, because the yard that grades a Wagle press-shop lot properly is rarely the same one that wants a Bhiwandi demolition clearance.
Top Scrap Dealers in Thane, Ranked
Ranked on rate competitiveness, weighbridge transparency, payment speed, GST compliance and grades accepted. Phone numbers appear only where we have confirmed they reach the business rather than a directory routing service.
🥇 RANK 1 · BEST OVERALL · BULK FERROUS
Steel Baba
We buy direct with no commission agent taking a slice on the way through. Send a photo, the grade and rough tonnage on WhatsApp and you get a firm price the same day rather than a range that shrinks when the truck arrives. Certified weighbridge with a printed slip before unloading, grading called at the gate in front of you, GST invoice and payment inside 48 hours. Because Thane sits between two markets, we will also tell you plainly whether your load is worth sending toward Navi Mumbai for the sorted-grade premium or selling locally, and if the freight does not justify the move we say so.
Buys: HMS 1 & 2 · iron punching scrap · MS sheet and plant cutting · end-cutting and CR busheling · rolling scrap · cast iron · turnings and borings · mixed yard lots
Covers: Wagle Estate, Bhiwandi, Kalwa, Mumbra, Dombivli, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath, Badlapur, Ghodbunder Road, Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar
Minimum: No minimum on sorted grades; full-truck rates from 8 MT
🥈 RANK 2 · STRONG SECOND QUOTE
SK Steels
Worth collecting a second quote from before you commit, particularly on prepared grades. Confirm which grades they are taking that week and their payment terms on the call, since both move with mill offtake. In a district as fragmented as Thane, two quotes on identical material is the cheapest leverage you have, and the spread between the first offer and the best one routinely runs ₹1 to ₹2/kg.
🥉 RANK 3 · METAL, IRON & STEEL SCRAP WHOLESALER
Raj Traders (Mumbai)
📍 Thane, Maharashtra · Wholesaler and distributor · Directory-listed
A Thane-based wholesaler and distributor trading metal, iron and steel scrap across the Thane and Mumbai belt. Sensible first call if your material is sitting on the Ghodbunder Road, Wagle Estate or Majiwada side, where hauling into Navi Mumbai adds cost without adding much rate on base grades. No direct line we can verify for publication.
RANK 4 · METAL & ALLOYS, BHIWANDI
Parth Metal And Alloys Co.
📍 Bhiwandi, Dist. Thane, Maharashtra · Around 11 years trading · Directory-listed
Over a decade in the Bhiwandi metal scrap trade, dealing across metals rather than ferrous alone. That breadth matters in Bhiwandi specifically, because so much of what comes out of the warehousing and demolition side arrives mixed. A yard that can price the aluminium brackets and copper wiring in the same visit will usually beat a ferrous-only buyer on the load as a whole. No direct line we can verify for publication.
RANK 5 · GENERAL METAL SCRAP, BHIWANDI
S. F. Enterprises
📍 Bhiwandi, Dist. Thane, Maharashtra · Around 10 years trading · Directory-listed
Ten years in Bhiwandi general metal scrap, useful for warehouse and godown clearances where the load is mixed rather than graded. Also worth your call list: Prakash Traders in Bhiwandi, a wholesaler handling aluminium alongside ferrous waste and cast iron scrap. Two further clusters to know if you are walking the market: several ferrous and non-ferrous dealers operate around Narpoli Road, Narpoli, Bhiwandi 421302, and a number of scrap and stainless dealers work out of Omega Business Park, Road No. 33, opposite ESIC Hospital, Wagle Estate, Thane (W) 400604.
ℹ️ Why some listings have no phone number: JustDial and IndiaMART both mask dealer lines behind proxy routing numbers, so publishing those would send you to a call centre rather than the yard. We would rather give you a verified address than a number that does not connect. If you run one of these businesses and want your direct line listed, send it to us and we will verify and add it.
Thane Scrap Dealers Compared
| Dealer | Best For | Contact | Payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 Steel Baba | Bulk ferrous, all grades, factory-direct lots | +91 70201 82128 | 24–48 hours, GST invoice |
| 🥈 SK Steels | Prepared grades | +91 75079 24422 | Confirm on call |
| Raj Traders (Mumbai) | Metal, iron and steel scrap wholesale | Thane | Confirm at yard |
| Parth Metal & Alloys Co. | Mixed metal lots, Bhiwandi side | Bhiwandi | Confirm at yard |
| S. F. Enterprises | Warehouse and godown clearances | Bhiwandi | Confirm at yard |
What Thane Scrap Dealers Are Paying Today (16 September 2026)
All figures ₹/kg, ex-yard, excluding 18% GST and freight.
| Grade | ₹/kg | ₹/MT |
|---|---|---|
| 🔥 Factory-direct / Wagle Estate lots | ₹37 – ₹40 | ₹37,000 – ₹40,000 |
| End-cutting / CR busheling | ₹37 – ₹40 | ₹37,000 – ₹40,000 |
| Shredded | ₹36.80 – ₹40.30 | ₹36,800 – ₹40,300 |
| MS sheet / plant cutting | ₹36.30 – ₹39.80 | ₹36,300 – ₹39,800 |
| MS / rolling scrap | ₹35.80 – ₹38.80 | ₹35,800 – ₹38,800 |
| Iron punching scrap | ₹35.80 – ₹37.80 | ₹35,800 – ₹37,800 |
| HMS 1 (clean, 6mm+) | ₹35.50 – ₹38.50 | ₹35,500 – ₹38,500 |
| HMS 80:20 (base index) | ₹33.20 | ₹33,200 |
| HMS 2 (lighter gauge) | ₹31.80 – ₹34.30 | ₹31,800 – ₹34,300 |
| Cast iron (industrial) | ₹29.80 – ₹33.30 | ₹29,800 – ₹33,300 |
| Mixed / unsorted | ₹27.50 – ₹30.50 | ₹27,500 – ₹30,500 |
| Turning / boring (oily) | ₹27.30 – ₹30.30 | ₹27,300 – ₹30,300 |
| Cast iron (foundry / low grade) | ₹24.80 – ₹29.30 | ₹24,800 – ₹29,300 |
💡 The Thane decision: on base HMS 80:20 you are within ₹300/MT of Mumbai and ₹4,700/MT below Navi Mumbai. Freight to either side is short, roughly ₹0.30 to ₹0.60/kg from most of the district. So for sorted material, sending it toward Navi Mumbai is usually worth it and the numbers are not close. For bulk or mixed material, sell locally, because the premium is not there and you will pay the transport for nothing. Full side-by-side on our Mumbai and Navi Mumbai dealers page.
How to Choose a Scrap Dealer in Thane
- Match the yard to the material. A Wagle Estate press-shop lot and a Bhiwandi warehouse clearance want different buyers. Sending graded engineering scrap to a mixed-lot yard costs you the entire premium
- Ask whose weighbridge. A bridge owned by the buyer is not neutral. Get a certified public slip before the load reaches his gate. At ₹33.20/kg a 150 kg discrepancy is about ₹5,000 gone silently.
- Separate non-ferrous, especially in Bhiwandi. Warehouse and demolition lots here are full of aluminium sections, copper wiring and stainless. Magnet-test anything you are unsure about, because non-magnetic material is worth several times iron
- Get the grade called before unloading. Reclassification on the floor is a ₹10,000 to ₹16,000 swing on an 8-tonne load.
- Insist on a GST invoice. A registered buyer claims the 18% input credit and can pay more for material with clean paperwork. See our GST guide for Maharashtra scrap sellers
- Call three, not one. Thane is a fragmented district and quotes on identical material differ ₹1 to ₹2/kg on the same morning.
Scrap Dealer Areas in Thane District
Wagle Industrial Estate is the centre of the graded engineering trade and where the top of the range gets paid, with dealers clustered around Road No. 33 and the Hajuri and Panchpakhadi side. Bhiwandi is the volume market, spread across Narpoli, Rahnal, Pimplas and Chinchwali, driven by warehousing, logistics and demolition. Kalwa, Mumbra and the Mahadev Industrial Estate side handle smaller gala-based yards.
Further out, Dombivli, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath and Badlapur form their own belt, while Ghodbunder Road, Majiwada, Naupada, Mira-Bhayandar and Vasai-Virar cover the western approach. Comparing markets? See our guides for Mumbai & Navi Mumbai, Pune and Jalna, or the state mapped by demand cluster in best places to sell scrap iron in Maharashtra.
Scrap Dealers in Thane – FAQs
Steel Baba is the top-rated scrap buyer serving Thane for bulk ferrous scrap, on +91 70201 82128. We buy direct with no commission agent, quote the same day, weigh on a certified weighbridge with a printed slip, issue a GST invoice and settle inside 48 hours. SK Steels on +91 75079 24422 is the next call. Raj Traders in Thane, Parth Metal And Alloys Co. and S. F. Enterprises in Bhiwandi are other established yards in the district, along with Prakash Traders in Bhiwandi for aluminium alongside ferrous.
Thane HMS 80:20 is at ₹33,200/MT (₹33.20/kg) today (16 September 2026). Clean factory-direct and Wagle Estate lots reach ₹37,000 to ₹40,000/MT, end-cutting and CR busheling the same, MS sheet ₹36,300 to ₹39,800/MT and clean HMS 1 ₹35,500 to ₹38,500/MT. At the other end, mixed unsorted material sits at ₹27,500 to ₹30,500/MT and low-grade foundry cast iron at ₹24,800 to ₹29,300/MT. All figures exclude 18% GST and freight.
Wagle Industrial Estate is the centre of the graded engineering trade and pays the top of the range, with dealers clustered around Road No. 33 and the Hajuri side. Bhiwandi is the volume market spread across Narpoli, Rahnal, Pimplas and Chinchwali, driven by warehousing, logistics and demolition, so more of that material arrives mixed. Kalwa and Mumbra hold smaller gala-based yards, and Dombivli, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath and Badlapur form their own belt further out.
Many do, and in Bhiwandi it matters more than anywhere else in the region. Warehouse and demolition clearances there routinely carry aluminium sections, copper wiring and stainless mixed into the ferrous, and a yard that can price all of it in one visit will usually beat a ferrous-only buyer on the load overall. Parth Metal And Alloys Co. and Prakash Traders both handle metals beyond ferrous. Run a magnet over anything you are unsure about, because non-magnetic material is worth several times what iron pays and should never go into a ferrous weight.
Registered dealers do, and you should insist on it. A GST-registered buyer can claim the 18% input credit, which means he can afford to pay more for identical steel that arrives with clean paperwork. Steel Baba invoices with GST on every load. All rates on this page are ex-yard and exclude 18% GST as well as loading and freight.
Tuesday through Thursday morning. Buyers are filling intake calendars mid-week and have a genuine reason to commit at a fair price. Friday afternoon is the weakest window, because intake slows going into the weekend and buyers turn selective on borderline lots. With no urgency on the buy side, Friday sellers routinely accept ₹1 to ₹2/kg below Wednesday levels.
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We buy HMS 1 and 2, iron punching scrap, MS sheet and plant cutting, end-cutting and CR busheling, rolling scrap, cast iron, turnings and mixed yard lots across Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan and the Dombivli belt. Send the grade, rough tonnage and where the material is sitting and you get a firm price the same day, a certified weighbridge slip, a proper GST invoice and payment inside 48 hours. Warehouse and factory clearances handled end to end.
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Rates on this page are indicative and move with daily market conditions as of September 2026. Third-party dealer names and addresses are listed from publicly available trade directories for reference only; Steel Baba does not warrant their pricing, terms or service. Confirm current rates and terms directly before finalising any load.