The economics of wire recycling equipment make practical sense for a wide range of buyers. Scrap dealers, e-waste processors, cable manufacturers managing their own production offcuts, and municipal ...

Los Angeles Police Department officers recovered an estimated $50,000 of stolen copper wire and apprehended one suspect tied to a group that has allegedly committed crimes against city infrastructure, ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...

The operating rate of secondary copper rod in March 2026 was 14.25%, below the expected 16.26%, up 6.27 percentage points MoM and down 25.93 percentage points YoY. In March, China's secondary copper ...

Often strung from utility poles or buried beneath our feet, copper wire has played a critical role in powering America’s electrical grid for more than a century. But brazen thefts are threatening the ...