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 ...

Copper theft is spiking in the U.S. due to tariffs and more demand. This is copper wire recovered after an investigation that involved AT&T security. In the last six months of 2024, some 6,000 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — James Cory, procurement director at Calbag Metals, knows exactly what to look for when people drop off metal scraps for cash. "So, it's a real thing for us; we do see suspicions daily ...

President Donald Trump’s decision this week to impose tariffs starting Aug. 1 on imports of certain copper products, but not on refined copper itself, tanked prices for the industrial metal on ...

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - The United States is planning to restrict scrap copper exports from 2027, requiring that at least 25% of so-called “high-quality” scrap be retained for domestic use. In the ...

Copper wire thefts have increased, but with thieves looking outside of street lights, drivers expecting to use EV chargers ...

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,” ...