LME copper inventories tripled since mid-July, indicating a lackluster demand for the metal. The ongoing UAW strike poses a threat to the copper demand due to its impact on the EV rollout. Copper ...

At times last summer, he noticed discarded metal on a street, then returned later to find it gone. Another scrapper beat him to it. Some weeks, he earned more than $300, harvesting dead furnaces, ...

Copper prices in the U.S., meanwhile, are still about 10% below a record high set in late July. U.S. prices took off earlier ...

China craves copper scrap as the country's smelters battle high production costs and a shortage of alternative raw materials, industry officials said on Friday. But buyers returning from the Lunar New ...

There are a variety of media reports this weekend exploring the issue of thieves who are absconding with beer kegs and taking them to scrap metal yards where they can receive upwards of $50 for an ...

Something had gone wrong with the giant radio tower. Will Payne, of Payne Media Group, got an alert from his utility company in the middle of the night telling him as much. But it wasn’t until he got ...