[frankthetank]

There is a large fancy house not to far from here with copper roofing in spots. A large ladder, a couple of tools and its gone.

One of these would work wonders far any scrap metal thief...


28volts of LiON...

[Ferretlover]

Manhole covers latest target of metal thieves
The Associated Press 05/06/2008

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Dozens of 150-pound manhole covers stolen in Long Beach are apparently being taken to recyclers by metal thieves.
About 50 of the cast-iron lids have been stolen in the past eight months, 17 of them last week.
Long Beach Water Department spokesman Ryan Alsop says the thefts are apparently the work of a team. The 20- to 24-inch wide manhole covers fetch about $10 apiece when sold to metal recycling companies.
Two motorists whose cars were damaged when they hit an open manhole have filed claims with the city.
Watch out for manmade potholes!

[Pretorian]

in Russia , in 90s 600 people were dying while stealing copper every year.

[Twilight]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'T')hen there is the news piece about coal in short supply at India's "thermal" plants. I guess that means electric? Not sure.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')ew Delhi, May 8 Coal reserves at power stations have hit a record low.

Nearly a third of the country’s thermal stations are now reported to be facing “critical stocks”, where coal stocks are expected to last less than seven days.

Of the 77 thermal stations in the country, 25 have now been bracketed as having “critical stocks”, of which 13 are reported to be “super critical”, with precariously low levels of coal stocks of under four days, according to the Government’s latest data on coal stock positions at power stations (up to May 5).

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'M')anhole covers latest target of metal thieves
The Associated Press 05/06/2008

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Dozens of 150-pound manhole covers stolen in Long Beach are apparently being taken to recyclers by metal thieves.
About 50 of the cast-iron lids have been stolen in the past eight months, 17 of them last week.
Long Beach Water Department spokesman Ryan Alsop says the thefts are apparently the work of a team. The 20- to 24-inch wide manhole covers fetch about $10 apiece when sold to metal recycling companies.
Two motorists whose cars were damaged when they hit an open manhole have filed claims with the city.
Watch out for manmade potholes!

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('idiom', 'W')hich reminds me, why don't you guys ever polish that thing? It's not supposed to be green. It's Copper! Is meant to be shiny.]

Maybe New York just prefers the colour of money?

[Newfie]

And in Nova Scotia from CBCnews.ca

RCMP investigating a metal theft in Annapolis County have found a lengthy trail of evidence.

Metal bandits used an excavator to dig up an old water line between Cornwallis Park and Moose River — the equivalent of 1.6 kilometres of iron pipe.

"We've had a lot of copper piping stolen, electrical wire stolen, but nothing to this extent. I'm not aware of anybody actually in the province having to investigate such a large theft of [iron]," said Const. Dale Guy, with Annapolis RCMP.

The theft along an abandoned railway line happened sometime earlier this month.

Investigators only learned about it after residents complained about the late-night racket. A check with the municipality and the Department of Natural Resources revealed no official project was underway.

Guy said an unsuspecting scrap metal dealer in Marshalltown paid more than $20,000 for the stolen load.

"He was just an honest businessman trying to make a living and in good faith purchased the large amount of piping. Unfortunately, now he may be out a considerable amount of money, and I guess if there's any restitution as such hopefully down the road the courts may see fit to authorize that," Guy said.

Metal thieves hoping to cash in on soaring metal prices have hit a number of targets in Nova Scotia, including power lines and substations, and cemeteries and ballparks.

The provincial government plans to crack down on the sale of stolen scrap metal by requiring dealers to keep records of who they buy from. Police would then have access to those documents for their investigations.

Guy said there are two suspects in the Annapolis County case, but he said RCMP need more time to interview witnesses before charges are laid.