LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Clark County says it has not issued any violations to scrap metal businesses since the county’s copper wire theft prevention ordinance. It went into effect in November. The ...

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 ...

A lawsuit has been filed against the state, saying that a new law intended to prevent costly copper wire thefts will unintentionally shut down the state’s scrap metal industry if it goes into effect ...

For months, 7 On Your Side Investigates has looked into the copper wire thefts plaguing neighborhoods in Southern California.

ST PAUL, Minn — A Ramsey County judge is deciding whether to temporarily stop a new law that starts in January meant to prevent copper wire thefts. The crime is especially rampant across St. Paul ...

Thieves who steal copper wiring cause great damage, inconvenience and worse in Washington. Here's a few ways we're trying to ...

As the U.S. federal government raises the “critical” profile of copper, its gaze seems cast toward mining and primary production, John Gross says. Despite restricting certain types of scrap imports, ...

A public utility in Mason County has started labeling its power poles hoisting fiber-optic cables so thieves don’t mistake the lines for expensive copper wire. “This wire is steel core, not copper,” ...

Copper prices experienced a significant pullback this week with limited rebound, accumulating a decline of 1,400 yuan/mt. The price of bare bright copper in Guangdong was quoted at 77,800-78,000 ...

Jubilee Metals Group’s share price shot up 7.7% yesterday on the JSE Thursday morning after an agreement was announced to sell 10 million tons of copper waste, worth about $6.75 million (R127.05m), ...