Water meters: Rising thefts forces civic body to consider cheaper options
Hindustan Times
The meters, which contain brass, are sold in the scrap “The civic body now wants to install cheaper meters in slum areas as against automated water meters. This is because the BMC recovers the cost of water meters from consumers. ...

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Area veterans benefit from Scrap For Vets program
WKTV
The event called Scrap For Vets was held in across from the New York Mills village offices on Main Street. People dropped off washers, dryers, freezers and refrigerators along with miscellaneous copper, brass, steel and aluminum. ...

Stroud and Dursley drivers quizzed over scrap metal
BBC News
"A worldwide dramatic increase in the price of scrap metal has coincided with a vast increase in thefts of such items, in particular copper, aluminium, lead, brass, and bronze," the force spokesman said. "Saturday's operation is just one of a number of ...

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Select base metals declines on lower demand
SteelGuru
Copper utensil scrap and brass sheet cutting both edged down by INR 2 per kilo each to INR 413 and INR 308 as against INR 415 and INR 310. Copper sheet cutting also softened by a rupee per kilo to INR 427. However, aluminum ingots gained by INR 3 per ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution
3 men charged with stealing cemetery vases
Atlanta Journal Constitution
A Gwinnett County metal recycler who thought there was something suspicious about a batch of brass he had been offered is credited with the arrests of three men who allegedly stole funeral vases from an area cemetery, Channel 2 Action ...

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The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Police charge four Alpha manufacturer workers in scrap metal thefts
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
According to court records, Woeppel allegedly stole about 200 pounds of brass scrap metal worth about $404 between Nov. 22 and Dec. 6. Smith is accused of taking about 300 pounds of scrap metal, valued at $500, and both Vanbrackle and Edwards are ...

Select base metals declines on lower demand
MSN India
Copper utensil scrap and brass sheet cutting both edged down by Rs 2 per kilo each to Rs 413 and Rs 308 as against Rs 415 and Rs 310. Copper sheet cutting also softened by a rupee per kilo to Rs 427. However, aluminium ingots gained by Rs 3 per kilo to ...

Man gets jail for stealing brass water meters
Delmarva Now
ONANCOCK -- A man working on utilities in Onancock will serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty last July to grand larceny in connection with stealing brass water meters from his employers and selling them for scrap. William Russell Wood, 51, ...

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Valley Independent Sentinel
War memorial plaques stolen for scrap metal
Ct Post
However, the going rate is only $3.10 a pound for scrap copper and just $2 a pound for scrap brass, according to Derby scrap dealer Barry Jacobs, a co-owner of M. Jacobs and Son. Cota said each plaque was about 3 feet by 4 feet and "definitely very ...
More Memorial Plaques StolenNBC Connecticut
Historic Plaque Stolen In SheltonValley Independent Sentinel

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Daily Mail
Thief stole £18000 of brass band's instruments for just £61 scrap... and ...
Daily Mail
Despite being worth more than £18000, the inept thieves sold them to a local scrap dealer for just £61. Astonishingly, when the Mail tracked down the leader of the gang that stole the brass, he insisted that if he'd had tougher punishment and been ...