Forget collecting those aluminum cans—salvaging wire and cable is where the real money is. Electrical contractors routinely create scrap metal products such as wire and cable, aluminum conduit, cable ...

For more than two decades, scrap processors in North America and Europe became accustomed to making regular shipments of baled wire and cable scrap to China. The nation’s buyers offered desirable ...

The world of recycling and salvage depends on scrap metal businesses to locate, gather and deliver various metals for further use and consumption. By operating a scrap metal business, a business owner ...

Scrap metal dealers turn trash into treasure by recycling metal in old cars, appliances, wiring and other junk. By paying people for their junk metal, scrap metal businesses help clean up the ...

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. The ...