SCRAP METAL
February 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIETHIEVES looking to cash in on the current high prices of industrial scrap non-ferrous metals have stolen more than CDN$2 million (US$1.49 million) worth of nickel and aluminium in Montreal Canada. Several thousand kilograms of nickel cathodes and roughly 3.6 tonnes of aluminium were carted off in separate night raids in what police have identified as "professional heists". "There is big money to be made from scrap metal these days. Prices are extremely high," said Richard Briggs, vice-president of Refco, a Montreal firm that specialises in metals ...
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