Where we drive to collect your carbide

Add up the incorporated places in the four pickup states and you get 848: California's 483 incorporated cities, Arizona's 91 cities and towns, Utah's 255 cities and towns in the 2025 estimates, and Nevada's 19 cities. We come to every one of them, and to the towns and yards outside city limits too.

Each state page covers that state on its own terms: the big metros and the small towns, the industries that grind through carbide there, and the scrap metal rules that shape how a seller gets paid. Utah's metal dealer law sets the hours a dealer may buy. Arizona's has payment for scrap metal sales of $300 or more mailed by check or money order, with some exceptions, and Nevada's allows only check or electronic transfer at $150 or more. That is why we say we pay cash where state law allows.

• California: from San Diego to the Oregon line
• Arizona: Phoenix, Tucson and the mining towns
• Utah: the Wasatch Front, St. George and the Uinta Basin
• Nevada: Las Vegas, Reno and the 19 cities between

Sources: Mountain House, California: city government; League of Arizona Cities and Towns; Gardner Institute, Utah city and town estimates; Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau, Policy and Program Report (April 2016); Utah Code 76-6-1406 (hours); Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 647; Arizona Revised Statutes 44-1642.

Every pickup starts the same way. Fill in the quote form with the forms you have (inserts, end mills, drills, rods, brazed tools, saw tips, wear parts, bits, sludge or powder), about how much it weighs, and a few photos. You can also email help@carbidebuyersusa.com or call us.

We quote the lot, agree a time and place with you, and come to your shop, yard or home. We buy carbide in any form, and exotic metals and alloys too, so tell us about any titanium, nickel alloys or high-speed steel in the lot as well. How selling works walks through the whole thing.