South Valley Metals Recycling in
Albuquerque (NM)

What clients say about South Valley Metals Recycling in Albuquerque (NM)

• brian drinville

  Great customer service. My go place for recycling

  Feb 10, 2026
• M Foster

  Always fair and never too busy to take my aluminum cans. Zero complaints!

  Jan 31, 2026
• Lyrik Edgerton

  Friendly and fairly nice. Will take everything for you. :)

  Jan 27, 2026
• angelo ochoa

  They are awesome

  Jan 17, 2026
• Juan D Herrera

  Great service

  Jan 16, 2026
• JAMES

  Good place to bring scrap metel and cans etc and very fast and pays good and they are good and friendly people here to help you this is the only place I go to in town ..

  Jan 15, 2026
• Susana Perez

  Best price in town for cash for cans great service in n out

  Jan 14, 2026
• Manuel Briones

  Good people good service

  Jan 07, 2026
• Maxwell Baca

  Great metal recycling been coming here for a few years definitely recommend

  Jan 05, 2026
• Valerie Chavez

  Loved the time,stays open til three. Found them to be friendly,comparative prices. Overall, it was worth, coming from Belen to recycle at SouthWest Metals and recycling

  Jan 03, 2026
• Jeff Norris

  Took some cans in and had a really good experience. Quick service and good prices..this is my new recycling place.

  Aug 12, 2025
• susan freyer

  Rude n ignored all questions.

  Aug 04, 2025
• Angela Kleinhenz

  First time I went the were kind & courteous, they help me unload my SUV and paid me $.60 a pound this time it was the same but they pay me $.70 a pound and the guy told me if I ever come back and he’s not there. Just tell them that he quoted me $.70 a pound his name is Andrew very nice fellow , I appreciate their help unloading great folks thanks again Andrew!!

  Jul 21, 2025
• Dickson Apachito

  It was the worst metal Scrap ever these guys cheated me with metal n i come all the way down from 200 miles n I only got paid 106 n I had a big load of metal on a trailer man was i worried about it all the way home I am never going there again

  Jul 19, 2025
• Elizabeth Schenk

  The Owner, Alberto Barraza, is a very honest, professional, & respectful Gentleman to all his customers!!!
  
  South Valley Metals has the best prices on Steel, Copper, Brass, Aluminum, & all other metals.
  
  I would definitely recommend you take all your Metal & Precious Metals to South Valley Metals, if you want the best deal in Albuquerque, New Mexico!!!

  Jul 16, 2025
• Gaby B

  Good service, good prices ,good people 100% recomended

  May 07, 2025
• V Montoya

  South valley metals is a a rip off and the service is poor. I will not return and I'm going to make sure to let friends and family know not to come to this place

  Feb 18, 2025
• andrew driggers

  Said aluminum rims were only metal paid .04 c per pound

  Feb 11, 2025
• Alejandro Realtor

  Great location, good prices. Nice people

  Nov 28, 2024
• Johnluke Garcia

  This place will cheat you and try to pay you the least amount. I went in and the guy wrote a diffrent weight on my receipt then what was on the scale

  May 26, 2024
• Southpaw Wooldridge

  Absolutely not the place to go to drop truck or trailer loads of scrap, that have no quick way to unload, u have to back in and long lines with vehicles cutting in coming from the other direction. Gave up and went to a real scrap yard

  May 25, 2024
• Jerry Candelaria

  Good people and great prices they're helpful and friendly suggest all go there

  May 18, 2024
• Al Charles

  Best prices on metal you bring to recycle. Friendly, knowledgeable staff.

  Mar 15, 2024
• Mark Fisher

  Fast and polite.. and they will grill you a hot dog on your way out ..

  Sep 16, 2023
• Diana Roche

  Very helpful and professional... Good prices for cans, copper and other metals... I would recommend this place to anyone... I wouldn't go anywhere else..

  Jun 03, 2023
• Ruben Garcia

  Change price when cashing out also the customer service is terrible over all whould never come back again don’t recommend this place they ripped you off

  Apr 29, 2023
• Adam Baca

  My go to stop for my metal recycling needs. Fast and friendly service, definitely recommend!

  Mar 15, 2023
• Carla “Car” Carr

  THIEVES!!
  DO NOT take your recyclables to this place! These people will RIP YOU OFF! I took clean number one wire and they paid me for number two wire! 30 bucks for all that work!!
  THIEVES!!

  Feb 21, 2023
• Pseudonym s

  Scammer Warning: Quoted 60 cents per pound of aluminium over the phone, changed the price to 50 cents when I arrived.

  Jun 10, 2022
• Casey Doolin

  This place makes up there own prices. I got ripped off by over $200 for copper

  May 13, 2022