MONTREAL (AP) — In an industrial suburb of Montreal, sheets of copper move along a conveyor belt suspended four stories above the floor of a foundry — a metals plant — until they drop into a lava-hot ...
Report from the World Resources Institute portrays the pivotal role of copper recycling in the global alternative energy effort. The WRI says shortening the currently lengthy journeys in recycling ...
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Copper spikes, and thieves are moving in

Copper prices have climbed high enough that bare wire and pipe are starting to look like fast cash, and thieves are following ...
As with any scrap market, the market for secondary copper does not exist in a vacuum. Copper wire may be scarcely making its way into the facilities of scrap processors, but the lack of scrap supply ...
Having spent the past 10 years listening to the call for good jobs to support families in northern Minnesota, I’m wondering if Iron Range residents would agree to and support good, sustainable jobs ...