Richmond Police Seek Assistance in Copper Theft Investigation
Richmond Police Seek Assistance in Copper Theft Investigation **Richmond, VA** - Third Precinct detectives in Richmond are investigating incidents involving the theft of copper downspouts in the Museum District. During one such…
Copper Theft Under Investigation in Manchester Township
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, PA – The Northern York County Regional Police Department is currently investigating a significant copper theft that occurred on June 18 at the Met-Ed supply lot. The incident involved a…
People Are Stealing EV Charging Cables to Sell The Copper, Latest Threat To Green Agenda
TRENTON, NJ – The push to mandate electric vehicles for all in New Jersey is facing a new threat, according to a recent article by the AP. Thieves are now cutting the…
Two Arrested for Copper Wire Theft at New Castle Construction Site
NEW CASTLE, DE—Delaware State Police have arrested David Mitchell, 55, of Newark, and Colleen Floyd, 32, of Delaware City, for their alleged involvement in a copper wire theft at a local construction…
Copper Thief Sought in Prince Frederick
PRINCE FREDERICK, MD – On January 17, Senior Deputy Mohler responded to a theft report in Prince Frederick. An unidentified suspect stole a stack of copper wire valued at $325 from a…
Barrick Gold reports higher fourth-quarter copper, gold output
(Reuters) -Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corp said on Tuesday its gold and copper production rose sequentially for the fourth quarter. The company’s total preliminary output was 1.05 million ounces of gold and…
Australian copper miner Sandfire says damaged Aboriginal cultural heritage
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Global miner Sandfire said on Thursday it had damaged Aboriginal cultural heritage at a copper mine in Western Australia, and that it had informed the traditional owners…
Dwindling copper supply from Panama and Peru could wipe out global surplus in 2024
By Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) – Reduced supply from major copper producers Panama and Peru may flip the global copper market into a deficit from surplus in 2024 or at least tighten…
Analysis-Panama court likely to revoke First Quantum copper mine contract
By Valentine Hilaire and Divya Rajagopal (Reuters) – Panama’s top court is likely to rule against Canadian miner First Quantum when it decides on the fate of a key copper mine contract…
Peru miners say copper output could climb without impact from protests
LIMA (Reuters) – The head of Peru’s mining guild on Tuesday said that while copper mining investment might be slow to recover next year, the Andean country could still see growth in…
Panama lawmakers scrap plan to annul copper mine concession
By Valentine Hilaire and Elida Moreno (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Panama scratched provisions from a proposed bill that would cancel a recently approved mining concession extending the life of a controversial but…
Chile’s Cochilco says large-scale copper mining costs keep growing
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The costs of large-scale copper mining in Chile kept rising due to lower production and rising service costs, a report from the state-run Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco) said on…
Instant view: China’s soybean and copper imports fall on year, crude oil up
(Reuters) – China’s exports and imports shrank at a slower pace for a second month in September, customs data showed on Friday, adding to the recent signs of a gradual stabilisation in…
Police Investigating $43,000 Copper Theft at Philadelphia Job Site
PHILADELPHIA, PA – On September 10, at around 3:45 am, two unidentified males stole copper wire and copper pipes from a construction site on the 400 block of Spring Garden Street. The…
Analysis-Peru clings to copper No. 2 spot but investment pipeline stalls
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Peru is clinging to its spot as the world’s No. 2 copper producer and supplier, with a bounce in mining activity helping the Andean country stay…
Copper giant Codelco raises $2 billion in bond offering
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile’s Codelco raised $2 billion in a bond offering in New York on Tuesday, as the world’s top copper producer seeks to fund an investment drive to…
Peru slashes growth outlook amid falling copper investment
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Peru lowered its economic growth forecasts for 2023 and 2024 on Tuesday amid poor weather, lower private investment in mining, and anti-government protests earlier this year.…
Codelco’s new CEO Alvarado tasked with finding fixes for copper slide
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean state mining giant Codelco’s incoming chief executive Ruben Alvarado has a mammoth task ahead of him: boosting copper output from its lowest level in 25…
Exclusive-China’s Nanfang to open major copper smelter ahead of expectations
By Julian Luk LONDON (Reuters) – China’s largest private copper producer Nanfang Nonferrous is due to bring a major new smelter to production by October, more than doubling its capacity, a few…
Police Seeking Suspects Who Stripped Home of Copper and Building Supplies
NEW YORK CITY, NY – On Thursday, at approximately 11:40 am, four unknown individuals burglarized a residential home under construction near Avenue S and East 24 Street. The New York City Police…
Copper Thief Causes Train Delays After Taking Safety System Wires
LAUREL, DE – Delaware State Police have arrested 49-year-old William Smallwood of Laurel, on charges of theft and other related crimes. The arrest followed investigations into a copper wire theft earlier in…
Newark Man Arrested for Stealing Copper Pipes from School Boiler Room
NEWARK, NJ – Newark’s Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé announced the arrest of Curtis Spears, 59, from Newark, for stealing copper pipes from South 17 Street Elementary School. The incident occurred early…
Chile’s Codelco sees lower copper output, more stoppages in 2023
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile’s state miner, Codelco, on Friday cut its copper output forecast for 2023 and said it expects more halts in production during the second half of the year, following months…
Analysts mark down copper forecasts as output ramps up: Reuters poll
By Eric Onstad and Ananya Bajpai LONDON/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Analysts have pared price forecasts for copper and other industrial metals as supply expands while demand in top metals consumer China remains muted,…
Copper miners squeezed by lower prices, higher labor costs
By Arshreet Singh (Reuters) – Major North American copper miners are likely to report a fall in second-quarter profits, as global growth concerns dented realized prices for the red metal and labor…
Wilmington Man Arrested for Copper Wire Theft
WILMINGTON, DE – Delaware State Police have arrested Brian Paraskiewicz, a 35-year-old resident of Wilmington, in connection with a string of copper wire thefts that began in January. The stolen wires, belonging…
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