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A method and a device for obtaining scrap iron from a mixture of comminuted scrap metal. The device and the method are characterized in that individual steps are carried out in order to remove iron from additives adhering to the iron. Emphasis is placed on copper and copper-containing additives. Comminuted scrap metal is divided into small and large scrap parts using a sieve device. The small scrap parts are transported to a scrap sorting machine, and the large material parts are returned to the macerator. In the scrap sorting machine, copper-containing material is sorted out, and iron which still contains copper is guided to a special over-belt magnet via a vibrating trough, the over-belt magnet shaking and rocking the copper-containing material over the belt section such that nonmagnetic additives drop down from the iron, and iron with a copper content of only 0.01% to a maximum of 0.1% is obtained.

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