One person's carport roof destroyed by Hurricane Ike is another person's gold mine. Area scrap-metal recyclers say they are keeping especially busy with people bringing in fences, sheet metal, washing ...

On Wednesday morning, Shawn Rowe and his wife were crossing East Silver Street in Kensington with their 3-year-old daughter and their newborn in a stroller. The block, near the intersection of ...

The always cyclical prices of scrap metals have spiraled down for more than a year to their 23-year nadir for a variety of global economic reasons. The lower prices have led some salvage yards and ...

One of the nation's busiest scrap-metal yards—a sprawling 83-acre site in Jersey City populated by cranes and a massive shredder that can crush a car in 10 seconds—sat right in the middle of ...

In a rare use of federal racketeering laws, a group of three scrap metal yards has sued lawyers they say are tormenting them. In a 40-page complaint filed late Monday in U.S. District Court, two scrap ...

More than 50 Indianapolis police officers will no longer be allowed to work off-duty at a metal recycling business that is under investigation in the alleged purchase of stolen scrap metal. Raids by ...

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Catalytic converters are continuing to be stolen from cars across the country. The values of metals in the converters, such as Palladium and Rhodium, have gone up in the ...

There are a variety of media reports this weekend exploring the issue of thieves who are absconding with beer kegs and taking them to scrap metal yards where they can receive upwards of $50 for an ...

Several Connecticut scrap metal yards may be breaking the law, according to a two-month investigation conducted by New Haven Register reporters. On an afternoon in March, two New Haven Register ...

While the culprits were typically drug addicts and others looking for extra money, public opinion also turned against the scrap metal yards that paid for the obviously stolen metals. So when ...

The city of Portland, Maine, is close to making an official deal to relocate two scrap yards from the Bayside area of the city to another location in the town. The city has been working to redevelop ...