Statewide requirements to help prevent copper wire theft will become law on Jan. 1 despite a lawsuit by the scrap metal workers claiming the legislation will effectively shut down their industry.
But as wires shrink to just a tiny fraction of the width of a human hair, traditional materials like copper falter ... electronics — one ultrathin wire at a time.
The procedure outlined is applicable to any cable or wire whose modulus of elasticity and coefficient of expansion are uniform throughout the cross section, such as is the case with copper, ...
Eight men have been charged after a lengthy RCMP investigation into copper wire theft from oil and gas facilities across central Alberta. Mounties on Monday announced the results of the ...