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"Scrap value!
Sometimes, a piece can be sold simply for its scrap value.
And, at the end of their lives, they have a much higher scrap value.
Its scrap value would be only £8,000-10,000, barenoughough to recoup the cost of stealing it.
Mr Yin complains that his motorcycles will soon sell for only a fraction above the scrap value of their metal.
Healthier shipping companies are taking advantage of the market to acquire vessels for little more than their scrap value.
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That was fine when scrap values were high, but when they dropped, we realised it's expensive to push all of this lightweight stuff through, and we're in trouble".
The authorities in Newfoundland tried to sell the hull for scrap – valued at £600,000 – to the Dominican Republic, but cut their losses when it came loose in a storm on the way.
4800 was sold by Conrail in 1980 to the Lancaster-chapter of the National Railway Historical Society for the scrap-value price of $30,000.
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