The bill does not say how much scrap metal dealers would pay for a license or include a fiscal note estimating how much 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 ...

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 ...

Broad declines in North American scrap copper prices, with #1 and #2 copper wire down modestly while aluminum scrap remains flat.

Europe's top copper producer said it is the victim of a scrap metal scam that might have been facilitated by its employees. Aurubis said it believes some of its suppliers manipulated details about the ...

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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - An attempted copper wire theft and second incident of stolen scrap metal have recycling companies keeping an eye out. Over the weekend Missoula Police arrested Veronica Donnelly and ...

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 ...

MOBILE, Alabama -- A bill to reform scrap-metal laws in order to curtail copper theft in Alabama will probably be set aside and replaced with a new one that lacks some of the strictest components of ...