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 ...

Copper thieves have been targeting power poles throughout the rural areas of Lawrence County by cutting the ground wires to get to the copper wires inside. They've been ripping off between 5 feet and ...

According to an Electrical Safety Foundation International baseline survey about copper theft in the United States, utilities annually see more than $60 million in losses and 450,000 minutes of outage ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oncor is in an ongoing battle to protect its property. Copper wire thefts occur almost daily from Oncor substations, particularly in urban areas. The Dallas, Texas-based utility understands the only ...

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 ...