IPSCO, through General Scrap, operates five auto shredder facilities in western Canada and a number of smaller scrap processing and auto wrecking yards. The five auto shredder businesses operate as Lakehead Scrap Metals in Thunder Bay, Ontario; General Scrap in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Wheat City Metals in Regina, Saskatchewan; Navajo Metals in Calgary, Alberta; and GenAlta Recycling Inc. in Edmonton, Alberta. The Winnipeg shredder was the first one installed in Canada and one of the first shredders in North America. The GenAlta facility is a joint venture with AltaSteel which concentrates on shreddable grades. The other shredder facilities also process non-shredded scrap in various grades using portable shears, large stationary shears, rail breakers, balers and hand torching. These facilities supply a significant portion of the scrap needs of IPSCO's steel mill in Regina. In addition, these facilities process non ferrous materials sold throughout the world. The five main yards employ approximately 150 people.

In addition to the large processing facilities, General Scrap also owns Sametco Auto Inc. This business operates five self serve auto parts facilities; Bucks Auto Parts in Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, and Thunder Bay as well as one used steel facility, Springfield Salvage in Winnipeg. These operations sell used auto parts, collect and process ferrous and non ferrous scrap, sell used and new steel products, and feed the large auto shredder operations. These businesses employ approximately 50 people. General Scrap also has interests in five other scrap processing, auto parts, and non ferrous operations. Kar Basher Manitoba (Wesman Salvage) in Brandon, Kar Basher Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, General Scrap Inc. operating as Continental Metal Products with two facilities, one in Minot, North Dakota and the other in Dickinson, North Dakota, and King Crusher Inc. which operates throughout Alberta crushing automobiles for the two shredders in that province. They employ another 40 people.

Much of the scrap processed in the area is railroad and agricultural scrap with a small percentage of industrial material. Since the operation covers a large geographical area it relies heavily on rail transportation. The business has also sold scrap offshore through the Thunder Bay location which is located on the St. Lawrence waterway.