For more than two decades, scrap processors in North America and Europe became accustomed to making regular shipments of baled wire and cable scrap to China. The nation’s buyers offered desirable ...

Statewide requirements to help prevent copper wire theft will become law on Jan. 1 despite a lawsuit by the scrap metal workers claiming the legislation will effectively shut down their industry. The ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A month before a new state law takes effect, scrap metal workers are suing the Minnesota Department of Commerce. The Copper Wire Theft Law aims to make it more difficult for thieves to ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro Council has voted to implement harsher punishments for copper wire thieves and stricter regulations for scrap metal businesses. Metro council passed an ordinance ...

The system arrived in four metal export containers. It wasn’t necessary to remove anything because the equipment inside was preconfigured. All workers had to do was bolt the containers together.

WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Westfield police are looking for the public’s help in identifying suspects in connection with stealing copper wire and scrap metal. Springfield man allegedly shoots at ...

In this video, I explore the step-by-step process of creating my own copper wire stock from scrap materials. The tasks include wire scrapping, melting and sizing a copper ingot, rolling and thinning ...

Customers reported outages to Verizon on Friday morning after what the company called 'multiple fiber cuts due to the act of ...

Clark County is implementing new rules on scrap metal recycling as part of an effort to crack down on the trafficking of stolen copper wire, including the type typically used in street lights. The ...

Copper wire theft has disrupted Sound Transit light rail service this summer. Washington lawmakers are looking for possible ...