Metairie, said they've logged a 58 percent drop in copper purchases since the summer. Vincent Costanza, owner of All Scrap Metals in Kenner, said he's also seen a 40 percent drop.

the salvage yard will send a payment through mail or money order to the address provided by the scrap metal seller. For Cook, he believes this law has helped despite reports of continuing copper theft ...

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

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Most of that scrap is purchased by China, which has used the raw materials to fuel its decades-long building boom; in 2017, the US sold China almost 700,000 metric tons of copper, up from 11,000 ...

President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on all semi-finished copper products coming into the US, but stopped short of ...

Law enforcement, scrap yards team up to combat copper theft in Fresno Although copper wire is still consistently stolen throughout the city, Fresno police no longer keep data on the crime.

MCSO says detectives found that Palacios stole 91,024 pounds of copper and received over $280,000 when selling to the scrap yard. Palacios was subsequently arrested but has since bonded out.