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.

Copper trading was febrile in 2024 attracting speculators well outside commodity circles who were desperate to connect the metal to what has become the ultimate market pump action – AI.

The law requires anyone selling scrap metal copper to get a $250 license every year from the Department of Commerce. What's more, the suit says that copper is found in most recyclables ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A month before a new state law takes effect, scrap metal workers are suing the Minnesota Department of Commerce. The Copper Wire Theft Law aims to make it more difficult for ...

Stock Market today: Among various asset classes the Year to date returns of commodities as Gold, silver to copper have beaten ... the yellow metal has provided nearly 10.5% of CAGR growth in ...

Domestic inventories declined further over the past month amid robust demand for the metal used widely in the power, construction and transportation sectors. Deliverable copper stocks on the ...

Copper simply does not do well with water and flooding.” Landline phones work by sending your voice as sound waves into a metal disk, which then turns those waves into electrical energy ...

That's why the shortfall in mined concentrates has not been reflected in the refined metal segment of the copper supply-chain. Indeed, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) estimates the ...

The survival rate for children with a rare but deadly cancer could one day be improved by adding an existing drug—which is currently used to manage excess copper in the body—to their treatment.

Copper looks set to struggle as extra US trade tariffs from the Trump administration and economic risks in China drag on consumption and prices next year, according to Citigroup Inc. The metal ...

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