A new Minnesota law meant to crack down on copper wire theft has been in effect for six months — but it's too soon to tell ...

Copper has many uses—in electrical wires, plumbing and even coins. With its abundance and relatively low price tag, copper ...

Rio Tinto boasts low-cost, integrated mining operations for aluminum, iron, and copper. Nucor utilizes electric ... such as fasteners, pipes, and wire. Nucor also operates a leading scrap metal ...

Copper wire theft continues to be a growing ... ways to harden the bases of streetlights. They have also used aluminum wire for lights, marked with the message "no scrap value." ...

Unlike other wiring materials introduced during the same era, CCA's unique construction addressed key concerns that had surfaced with alternative conductors like aluminum. Aluminum wiring suffered ...

In this article, we explore how Copperweld Copper-Clad Steel (CCS) and Copper-Clad Aluminum (CCA ... pounds of copper annually—enough to wire 112,000 homes. For contractors, the replacement ...

Aspiring thieves looking to steal copper wire from farm equipment in Tulare County will start seeing stickers informing them that, “This equipment only contains aluminum wire.” The Tulare ...

Per Auke Hoekstra, a researcher from the University of Eindhoven, “almost all copper in electric vehicles can be replaced by aluminum, from the motor windings to the wire harness.” However ...

Other efforts Clark County has made to combat wire theft include welding shut access covers, installing lock covers, installing wiring overhead instead of underground to make access more difficult, ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Clark County Commission passed a new ordinance Tuesday in the latest effort to combat copper wire theft across ... and installing aluminum wiring instead of copper because ...