How it works
How a scrap metal trade works on Zairon
A trade starts with a listing and ends with a payment. Everything in between uses the details you entered at the start.
The four steps
- 1. The lot
You list the scrap metal with its material, assay, weight and specification. Zairon checks these before the lot goes on the market, so a buyer sees a listing they can rely on.
- 2. The filing
Zairon fills in the Annex VII form from the lot and files it through DIWASS, the EU's digital waste shipment system. Nobody retypes it into a PDF.
- 3. The contract
The price formula and the terms are fixed when both sides sign. If the delivered metal falls outside the agreed tolerance, the contract already says what happens next.
- 4. The payment
The buyer pays into an account held by a regulated payment provider. When the weight and assay are checked on arrival, the provider releases the money to you. Zairon never holds client money.
What a lot looks like
An example of the details one lot holds. It is an illustration, not a real trade.
- Material
- Copper scrap
- Standard
- EN 12861
- Weight
- 20,000 kg net
- Route
- Germany to Netherlands
- Incoterm
- FCA Rotterdam
- Price
- LME copper formula
- Evidence
- Assay, weight tickets, photos, chain of custody
These details travel with the shipment. The filing, the contract and the payment all read from them.
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