Cole Lanham founded ZEB Metals in 2021 after recognizing the need for processing old coal railcars. Cole would cut down the cars to sell the aluminum and steel scrap. As the price of coal started to rise, the number of railcars to be scrapped deteriorated. In 2022, Cole brought on Ryan Neel to help transition ZEB Metals into a full-service scrap recycling and trading company.

Located just outside of Charleston, SC, ZEB Metals has the capabilities to process scrap by shredding, shearing, screening & sorting materials. Our trading business buys and sells primary/secondary aluminum, billets, foundry ingots, RSI and off-grade sows.
Our rotary furnaces melt aluminum scrap alloys and produce on-spec Recycles Scrap Ingot (RSI) to Aluminum manufactuurers across North America.

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