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.

Some Winnipeggers are calling on the authorities to do a better job at enforcing laws meant to make it hard for thieves to ...

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.

They buy scrap from thousands of people every year, along with about 175 licensed dealers totaling some 31 million pounds of material. It gets shipped across the country and melted into new metal.

As a result, scrap metal recycling is growing in demand, aided by a strong demand-supply correlation. As the markets recover, Technavio expects the scrap metal recycling market size to grow by 181 ...

13 News previously reported about how portions of the city have been left in the dark because wire has been stolen from streetlights ... 13 News spoke with some scrap metal recycling shop owners, and ...

"This is a ripple effect," police spokesman Mitch McCoy said. "And what we're seeing is the ripple effect of critical ...

Ying Bin Chen, 52, was arrested Monday after a months-long investigation into the sale and purchase of stolen scrap metal which included catalytic converters, copper wire and shopping carts.

Vandergrift police accused a couple of driving around borough streets and clipping wire from utility poles so they could sell the metal for scrap. David Wayne Siford, 43, of the 100 block of ...

The price for clean copper wire can approach $4 a pound, depending on the type, according to iScrap, a phone app that lists rates for all types of scrap metal. But that’s only if it’s stripped ...