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. The ...

A lawsuit has been filed against the state, saying that a new law intended to prevent costly copper wire thefts will unintentionally shut down the state’s scrap metal industry if it goes into effect ...

U.S. copper scrap traders said Friday, Jan. 9, the domestic market remained tight, though spreads to top-buyer China had widened with more material flowing into the market before the Asian New Year ...

The Copper Development Association has called for tariffs on imports of all semifabricated copper and copper alloy products and all relevant downstream derivative articles; a targeted U.S. export ban ...

President Trump’s 50% tariffs on copper, due to start August 1, are causing unusual distortions in the metal markets. Copper is now 25% more expensive in New York than London. And there’s a rally in ...

Some US metal dealers are redirecting China-bound shipments of scrap copper through countries including Canada, Mexico and Vietnam in a risky move to avoid 10% import tariffs, according to people ...