The always cyclical prices of scrap metals have spiraled down for more than a year to their 23-year nadir for a variety of global economic reasons. The lower prices have led some salvage yards and ...

With the economy in the doldrums, more people across the country are visiting scrap yards and unloading old stoves and other appliances for quick cash. No longer are refrigerators, washing machines, ...

Andrew Jacobson is paying his suppliers a lot less these days. And that's not a good thing. One of the owners of All Metal Recycling in Franklin Park, Jacobson buys scrap steel for $50 per ton, down ...

ROCHESTER — The price scrap yards are paying for steel and copper have dropped significantly over the past week, but business has not slacked off and police don't believe metal thefts will subside.

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. On a 17-acre lot in Livonia sits a nondescript business on ...

The city is about to crack down on thieves who steal copper, aluminum and other metals.Officials will go after them through scrap metal recycling businesses.KMBC's Peggy Breit reported that the number ...

It's hard to imagine that a trade war could turn into a scrap yard fight in Detroit. Yet China is the largest consumer of scrap commodities. And Michigan is a major exporter, generating multimillions ...

Ron Hamilton watched as two massive materials sorters — machines with large mechanical arms tipped with magnets — dipped into a towering pile of metal debris at the Port of Albany to separate steel ...

Grand Forks scrap yard embraces new scrap metal law Scales sit in the loading dock area of Residual Materials Inc., a scrap metal recycling company located off of Mill Road in Grand Forks. Scrap ...

Several Connecticut scrap metal yards may be breaking the law, according to a two-month investigation conducted by New Haven Register reporters. On an afternoon in March, two New Haven Register ...