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Whipping for cable thieves!
Oct 15, 2012It was a headline that certainly caught our eye. On a recent holiday to Malaysia, Sharon, our financial controller bought a copy of the New Sabbah Times featuring the front page news of the rise in cable and copper theft.
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Is China a Threat or a Bonus For The Cable Industry?
Oct 15, 2012An ever increasing array of products is now coming into the UK from the Far East. Although bras have been hitting the headlines in the recent bra wars, the effect of cable imports from around the world has devastated the UK cable industry with an estimate
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Copper Latest
Oct 15, 2012Fluctuations of between 10 and 12% over a 3 month period would once have sparked fear in the cable industry but are now taken in its stride.
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Copper vs. Aluminium
Oct 15, 2012As mentioned a couple of issues ago the practice of substituting solid copper with copper coated aluminium (CCA) to save money has reached the UK. Cables mainly affected so far are internal telephone cables (CW1308 type) alarm cables and coax. One of the
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Copper on the Rise
Oct 15, 2012Copper has steadily risen since Christmas showing an almost mirror image of price and movement over the past five months when compared to the same period in 2006/7.
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Copper - the Facts
Oct 15, 2012Tired of (wrongly!) predicting the fluctuations in copper price, Wired would like to give you some facts in this issue. The electrical industry is the largest user of copper consuming 42% of the annual production with Asia contributing 43% of the total co
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Copper Update
Oct 15, 2012This year copper has increased from $2770/ton to $6419/ton – a rise of over 130%. And they say the stock market is volatile! Some of this pain has been offset by the strengthening pound but it is still a massive rise, particularly in general wiring and p
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Copper on the Move
Oct 15, 2012The rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean copper miners was perhaps the only good press copper received in 2010. Unfortunately as each plucky miner was rising skyward, so was the price of copper.
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Copper Stats
Oct 15, 2012With the price of copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) varying by the hour it is impossible to predict where it will be tomorrow, let alone next month. Add to this the variations in exchange rate, and you’ve got a recipe for volatility.
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Wired - Editorial With Jon Herbert
Oct 15, 2012What turbulent times we live in! Copper through the roof and then dropping 10%, summer factory shut-downs, increasing delivery times and world shortages of raw materials, all this while we are in the depths of a world recession!
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