The new law will require people selling scrap metal copper to obtain a license from the Commerce Department. There are criminal sanctions for the seller and buyer if they don’t comply with the ...

This year has begun with the typical seasonal slowness in nonferrous scrap generation, with a cold snap hitting a wide band of the U.S. that extended from the Southwest to the Northeast in the third ...

[SMM Analysis: Brief Review of Imported Copper Scrap in 2024] According to customs data, the total imported copper scrap in 2024 was 2,249,952 mt, an increase of 13.26% YoY compared to 1,986,559 mt in ...

The Malinauskas Labor Government is promising a suite of law reforms to crackdown on the theft of copper and other scrap metal. Latest data shows ...