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Copper gets hot

2006 Reader Submission
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http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/business/5215

The soaring price of copper has sparked what appears to be the worst rash of copper thefts in the nation's history. Criminals have been grabbing electrical wire and plumbing pipes, and selling the material as scrap at more than $3 a pound. A West Virginia man was electrocuted while allegedly trying to steal copper power cables. Thieves in South Carolina stole 80 copper flower vases from graves in two cemeteries. "They will take wire, metal, anywhere they can get it," said Frank Noonan, an assistant U.S. attorney in Oregon. (USA Today) Chile has an abundant supply of copper, but it doesn't have enough water, workers, and money to get it out of the ground. (Los Angeles Times, free registration required)

Submitted on 06/05/2006

Submitted by: Dan Challis
Reference: Yahoo Finance (5th June 2006)

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
I'd like Darwin to see this. Perhaps she can post it and PROVE to the world JUST HOW COMMON stealing copper wire (and getting cooked in the process) really is! It will certainly save us the trouble of having to moderate several similar stories of this type each month! :-) Thanks, Dan!


Greg said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Not a bad idea, James. :-)


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