Agadir is the great port of southern Morocco, a city of fishing, canneries and agri-food — and therefore a major source of copper scrap in Agadir: the country's largest fishing port, sardine canneries, the industrial zones of Anza and Aït Melloul and the bay's construction sites produce cables, pipes, motors and machining offcuts in copper every year. Copper is the most sought-after non-ferrous metal on the market: it recycles infinitely without losing its properties, and every kilo collected avoids mining new ore. Whether you are a cannery, a mechanical workshop, a hotel or an individual, selling copper scrap in Agadir is simple: sort, estimate, collect. MOUMETAL buys your copper in Agadir and across the Souss region, with free estimation, transparent weighing and on-site collection. Here is what copper we buy, where it comes from in Agadir, and how the sale works.
What copper scrap do we buy in Agadir?
Copper comes in many forms, and every form has its own channel and its own value. Here are the categories MOUMETAL buys in Agadir:
- Bare bright copper wire — Millberry: bare, shiny copper wire, with no insulation and no oxidation — the most sought-after grade, which goes straight to the foundry with no treatment.
- Insulated copper cables: electric cables with plastic insulation — installation, site and ship cables. The plastic insulation means a discount, because it has to be removed before melting: sort insulated cables separately from bare wire.
- Copper pipes and plumbing fittings: copper pipes, elbows, fittings, taps — the copper of bathroom, kitchen and hotel renovations, often with solder and traces of tin, to be sorted separately.
- Radiators and water heaters: copper radiators, water-heater coils, cold-room heat exchangers and air conditioners — equipment rich in copper, to be dismantled cleanly before collection.
- Motors and windings: electric motors, pumps, compressors and transformers — the copper hides in the windings. In canneries and packing stations, the motors of production lines and cold rooms are a regular source of copper windings.
- Machining offcuts and copper turnings: chips, turnings and cutting offcuts from mechanical and turning workshops — a regular, clean and easy-to-value flow.
- Tinned and enamelled copper: enamelled winding wire, tinned bars, contacts and connectors — specific grades, to be mentioned from the first contact for a fair estimation.
Our article on buying copper in Morocco details each category and how to sort it before selling, and our article on the recovery of electric cables explains how insulated cables are treated.
Where does copper come from in Agadir?
Agadir combines fishing, agri-food and tourism, and each zone produces its own copper scrap:
- The fishing port: Morocco's largest fishing port — ships under maintenance, canneries, cold rooms and workshops — with regular flows of marine motors, cables, windings and copper heat exchangers.
- Anza: the industrial zone north of the city — canneries, mechanical workshops, depots and small factories — with regular flows of copper piping, cables and machining offcuts.
- Tikiouine: the business zone east of the city, which concentrates workshops, warehouses and service companies — cables, electrical panels and machines.
- Aït Melloul: the neighbouring industrial zone, in Greater Agadir — agri-food, packing and logistics — with regular offcuts of cables, motors and production-line piping.
- The bay and the hotels: the seafront and the tourist establishments — professional kitchens, air conditioning, copper plumbing and metal joinery during renovations.
- The Souss plain: the fresh-produce packing stations and agri-food units around Agadir — sorting-line motors, pumps, cold rooms and packing-line cabling.
- Construction sites: building and renovation across the city — electric cables, copper plumbing, air conditioning — see our articles on scrap metal from building renovation and scrap metal from building demolition.
Our scrap metal in Agadir page presents the service in detail, and our article on scrap metal in Agadir shows the same logic for all metals: one contact for all your scrap metal.
How is the copper scrap price per kg determined in Agadir?
It is the question everyone asks in Agadir, and rightly so: copper is the metal whose value moves the most. When people search for the copper scrap price per kg, what they really want to know is what determines the value of their lot — a few factors, with no published tariff, because the copper price moves daily with the metal markets. Every lot gets a free estimation, on site or from your description:
- Sorting and grade: shiny bare wire, a clean pipe or a sorted winding is not worth the same as a mixed load — this is the number-one factor for copper.
- Weight per kilo: copper is a dense metal, and weighing is done per kilo on site, in front of you, with full transparency.
- Metal market prices: copper is quoted on international markets, notably the London Metal Exchange (LME). When prices rise, the value of your stock rises with them.
- Volume and regularity: a cannery or a workshop producing offcuts every month is worth more than a one-off lot, because collection is easier to organise.
- Cleanliness of the lot: clean copper, with no insulation, no excessive solder and no attached steel or brass parts, is collected and sorted faster — which is why describing the lot from the first contact helps.
To understand more broadly how a scrap dealer sets its estimations, read our article on the price of scrap metal in Morocco: the same principles apply — weight, sorting, metal prices — with no published tariff. And if you want an estimation of your copper lot, contact us: it is free and with no commitment.
The copper industry in Morocco: real industrial demand
Selling your copper in Agadir means selling into an industry that exists and invests. In Berrechid, the ALUCOP foundry opened in 2024 a unit dedicated to recovering non-ferrous waste — copper and aluminium — with a transformation capacity of 42,500 tonnes per year and ingot production, to supply Morocco's automotive and electrical sectors. In Kenitra, the Samta group is building a non-ferrous metal recycling complex in the Atlantic Free Zone, operational in 2026, which will process 46,000 tonnes of aluminium and copper scrap per year to produce 20,000 tonnes of aluminium-silicon alloy ingots.
Copper is a metal that recycles infinitely without losing its properties: a bare cable today can become a new cable tomorrow, using only a fraction of the energy needed to produce copper from ore. In Europe, recycling supplies about half of the copper consumed — and Morocco is developing the same logic. For Agadir businesses, the lesson is clear: the copper collected here goes to Moroccan foundries, not to raw export — the formal, traceable channel MOUMETAL offers, with free estimation, transparent weighing and a tracking slip for every collection.
Selling your copper in Agadir: 4 steps
The process is the same for a cannery and for an individual, at a different scale:
- Contact: call us on +212 660 690 806, write to us on WhatsApp or through our form. Describe your stock: copper types, approximate quantities, address in Agadir or the Souss region.
- Free estimation: we assess the lot and give you an estimation with no commitment, based on sorting, grade, weight and metal prices.
- On-site collection: we come with the right truck, including for heavy lots and hard-to-reach sites. Weighing is done on site, in front of you, with full transparency. For regular collections or full clear-outs, see our collection and removal page.
- Fast payment and traceability: you are paid quickly, and you receive a tracking slip certifying the collection and its destination to approved channels.
For individuals, copper collection at home in Agadir is possible: a load of cables, pipes or radiators is enough to organise a collection. For businesses — canneries, workshops, hotels — we organise regular, scheduled collections.
FAQ — Buying copper in Agadir, Morocco
Where can I sell my copper in Agadir? To a metal collection company like MOUMETAL — factories, construction sites, electrical workshops, plumbers, garages — with free estimation and on-site collection across Agadir and the region.
Who buys copper in Agadir? Scrap dealers and collection companies like MOUMETAL — bare and insulated cables, pipes, radiators, motors and machining offcuts — with transparent weighing and a tracking slip.
How is a copper lot estimated? From your description or on site: copper type, grade and sorting, approximate weight and metal market prices. MOUMETAL gives a free estimation, with no commitment.
Should I strip the cables before selling? Yes, if you can: bare bright copper wire — the Millberry grade — is worth more than insulated cable, because the insulation has to be removed before melting. If you cannot strip, we also buy insulated cables.
What happens to copper scrap after collection? It is sorted by grade and sent to Moroccan foundries that turn it into secondary copper ingots, reused by the electrical industry, automotive and construction.
Sell your copper in Agadir with MOUMETAL
Canneries, construction sites, electricians, plumbers, workshops, hotels or individuals: MOUMETAL buys your copper in Agadir, with free estimation, transparent weighing, fast payment, on-site collection and a tracking slip. Contact us: +212 660 690 806 — contact@moumetal.com.