Copper wire thievery is certainly not unique to this region, nor is it a new phenomenon. A decade ago, when street lights throughout Fresno started to go dark, the city encased in concrete 24,000 ...

Traders who have been paying dearly to ship copper to America before US President Donald Trump imposes import tariffs on the metal now face a high-stakes race to get shipments there in time.

It currently lags the top producers, including Chile, Peru and China. Copper mining companies are gaining ground amid rising demand. Shares of Freeport-McMoRan, which operates most of its open-pit ...

A man trying to steal copper wire from a transformer in Northeast Philadelphia severely ... Around 10:25 p.m. Wednesday, the would-be thief broke into a ground-mounted transformer on the 9300 block of ...

Power was knocked out for about 1,000 homes and businesses in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Thursday after police said a man tried to steal copper wire from a transformer box owned by PECO ...

Israel has initiated fresh ground operations in Gaza, calling for the return of hostages and the removal of Hamas from power. Despite international calls for a ceasefire, airstrikes continue ...

This is the second time this week police said someone was nearly electrocuted while trying to steal copper wire. An electrical shock in the first incident was so intense that it burned a man's ...

Copper prices have surged to over $10,000 a ton amid US President Donald Trump's tariff plans and India's increasing efforts to boost its domestic copper industry. Indian conglomerates like JSW Group ...

There's an interesting reason as to why the stuck NASA astronauts landed in the ocean instead of solid ground earlier this week on Tuesday (18 March). Sunita 'Suni' Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore ...

British startup Magdrive claims it can help with both, via a new propulsion system for spacecraft that will launch into space for the first time later this year and will be fueled by solid metal.

Between July and August of last year, Stroh is accused of loading spools of copper wire onto a trailer and taking them without permission. She was identified as a suspect during an internal ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore are finally returning to Earth after spending nearly nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Their capsule is expected to make ...