HICKORY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ongoing volatility of copper pricing has created a major concern for the telecommunications industry, in which telecoms operators traditionally use copper ground ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Manitoba Hydro asks customers to be vigilant after a spike in copper thefts Newfoundland Power says vandals illegally entered the ...

Thieves are creeping down country roads at night cutting copper wire from power poles to sell on the scrap market, leaving hazards for line crews, headaches for utility managers and higher electricity ...

Thieves stole $700 worth of copper grounding wire from a gas pad in Susquehanna County, state police at Gibson said. Sometime between 2 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday, thieves entered a gas pad ...

WELL, A SURGE IN COPPER WIRE THEFTS IS TURNING NEIGHBORHOODS INTO CRIME SCENES. GOOD EVENING. I’M BRYA BERRY AND I’M LARA MORITZ. AT&T IS OFFERING A $20,000 REWARD FOR HELP IN FINDING THESE SUSPECTS.

COLUMBIA — Pieces of essential grounding wire were reported stolen Tuesday from at least 230 city utility poles in central and northern Columbia, according to a report from the Columbia Police ...

The unstable economy is causing people to take some drastic actions. And some incredibly dangerous ones as well. None more so than snipping the copper grounding wires off utility poles. The grounding ...

Newfoundland Power says vandals illegally entered the Rattling Brook substation in Norris Arm and stole copper grounding wire. The wire was connected to a high voltage electricity grid. "I can't ...