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Scrap metal

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Scrap metal

This is a scrapyard where metals are collected, stored and sorted. Scrap iron and steel are used as the raw materials for the smelting of steel.

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Simon Nathan, Mining and underground resources – The mining industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9231/scrap-metal (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009.