• OUR HISTORY

    Our urbanmine leadership has four generations of experience working in metal recycling business. Take a trip into the past and hear how metal recycling used to be done and how we’ve redefined it today.

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We are Redefining Metal Recycling

When we redefined the scrap metal industry in 2007 we made a promise to do things differently. We knew we could improve metal recycling for you because we had 100 years of experience going back four generations. We started with a promise to be honest and transparent. Then we built a clean, modern facility. We filled it with exceptional and friendly staff. We researched the safest and most environmentally friendly way to recycle your metals and electronics. We topped that off by constantly offering the best price for your metals every day.

  • OUR HISTORY

    Our urbanmine leadership has four generations of experience working in metal recycling business. Take a trip into the past and hear how metal recycling used to be done and how we’ve redefined it today.

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  • Dead Car, Good Deed

    Old Parts New Starts gets polluting cars off the road. Turns them into cash donations.

“I like the read-out scale. You can see it.”

— Don Zieglgansberger

Don's Salvage, Estevan, Saskatchewan

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“Extremely open and transparent.”

— Lise Baker

General Manager, Champ Industries

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“Concerned about the environment.”

— Lyndon Finney

Chief Financial Officer, Canadian Tool and Die

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“Big enough to handle our products.”

— Barry Fraser

Production Manager, Imperial Steel Products

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“Beautiful, clean... This is a scrap yard?”

— Terry MacLeod

CBC Radio Manitoba, Broadcast October 2009

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