Tangier has become in just a few years one of Morocco's leading industrial hubs — and one of the cities where copper scrap in Tangier is most abundant. At the north of the country, at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, the city combines every advantage: Tanger Med, Morocco's largest port and a major logistics platform between Europe and Africa, the Tangier Free Zone, home to automotive, aeronautics and electronics plants, and industrial areas such as Gzenaya that concentrate hundreds of companies. These factories produce cables, wiring harnesses, pipes, motors and machining offcuts in copper every day. 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 free zone company or an individual, selling copper scrap in Tangier is simple: sort, estimate, collect. MOUMETAL buys your copper in Tangier and across the region, with free estimation, transparent weighing and on-site collection. Here is what copper we buy, where it comes from in Tangier, and how the sale works.
What copper scrap do we buy in Tangier?
Copper comes in many forms, and every form has its own channel and its own value. Here are the categories MOUMETAL buys in Tangier:
- 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 and site 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 and kitchen renovations, often with solder and traces of tin, to be sorted separately.
- Radiators and water heaters: copper radiators, water-heater coils, 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.
- 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.
Where does copper come from in Tangier?
Tangier concentrates most of northern Morocco's industry, and each zone produces its own copper scrap:
- The Tangier Free Zone: automotive, aeronautics and electronics plants — wiring harnesses, cabling, connectors and copper machining offcuts, in regular, sorted flows.
- Tanger Med: Morocco's largest port — cables, port electrical installations, lifting equipment and naval maintenance — and the port's logistics zones, which also produce loads of cabling.
- Gzenaya: the industrial zone that concentrates hundreds of companies, with recent factories and new construction sites — electrical wiring and copper plumbing in large quantities.
- Automotive suppliers: wiring harnesses, motor windings and connectors — copper is at the heart of every vehicle assembled in the Tangier region.
- 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.
- Workshops and garages: electricians, plumbers, garages and mechanical workshops — motors, radiators, pipes and cables.
- The city centre and neighbourhoods: building renovations, hotels and shops — electric cables and copper pipes.
Our scrap metal in Tangier page presents the service in detail, and our article on scrap metal in Tangier shows the same logic for all metals: one contact for all your scrap metal.
How is the copper scrap price per kg determined in Tangier?
It is the question everyone asks in Tangier, 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 free zone electrician or a Gzenaya 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 Tangier 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 Tangier 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 Tangier: 4 steps
The process is the same for a free zone factory 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 Tangier or the 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 — free zone, Tanger Med or Gzenaya. 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 Tangier is possible: a load of cables, pipes or radiators is enough to organise a collection. For businesses, we organise regular, scheduled collections.
FAQ — Buying copper in Tangier, Morocco
Where can I sell my copper in Tangier? To a metal collection company like MOUMETAL — factories, construction sites, electrical workshops, plumbers, garages — with free estimation and on-site collection across Tangier and the region, from the free zone to Tanger Med and Gzenaya.
Who buys copper in Tangier? 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 Tangier with MOUMETAL
Free zone plants, Tanger Med companies, Gzenaya workshops, construction sites, electricians, plumbers, workshops or individuals: MOUMETAL buys your copper in Tangier, with free estimation, transparent weighing, fast payment, on-site collection and a tracking slip. Contact us: +212 660 690 806 — contact@moumetal.com.