Copper theft decreased by 20.7%

[QuintonB]

Copper theft drops 20.7%

Copper theft in South Africa dropped by 20.7 percent between March and April, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Monday (28 May 2012).

 

[inferno]

They need to ban copper exports. Policing will only go so far as the reduction in copper supply will increase its worth, which in turn will make it more attractive to criminals once again. It will stabilise at an unacceptable level.

 

[InTheCube]

What happened to efforts to get copper declared a precious metal? Wouldn't this afford the metal certain types of protection, especially in trade, similar to how gold, platinum, etc are treated?

 

[HavocXphere]

To damn cold now to dig up stuff.

 

[Sinbad]

To damn cold now to dig up stuff.

So they are stealing overhead cables instead. 4 incidents in our area in 2 weeks

 

[Rubberpigg]

They are running out of copper to steal.
In our area all the copper has been stolen.
Underground cables, overhead cables, the works!!All gone!!
As soon as telkom replaced a stolen cable it would be stolen seven days later.
Eventually Telkom decided not to replace the cables.
And that was that.
No more ADSL for me.

 

[Mr.CookieMonster]

i wouldnt be celebrating over a mere 20 percent drop in theft.

 

[Bern]

I wonder if it has to do with:
a) steel/copper cables being used by Telkom and Eskom as they have no resale value
b) big bust in CT a while eliminating a trade route
c) Telkom (and other Telcos) putting a lot of fibre in place of copper
d) rain and cold