Metal Theft…The Saga Continues.

 Although we have already posted a couple of blogs concerning the problem of metal theft, a recent development in British Columbia has prompted us to revisit this issue.

Last November, the Province of British Columbia passed Canada’s first metal theft law. The new regulations were just signed-off by the lieutenant governor and will come into force on July 23^rd,   2012. They will affect both metal dealers and recyclers, and also their customers.

Some of the key points of this legislation are as follows:

• Dealers must report their metal purchases daily to police

Metal Theft –The Epidemic Grows

Our friend and associate Jim Murray of Onwords & Upwords, who has been working with us for a number of years helping us manage our communications, passed on an Associated Press Article this week  concerning a bronze sculpture which had been stolen from the Johannesburg Art Gallery in South Africa and destroyed for its scrap value. This was not the first such incident and unfortunately, it likely won’t be the last.

Johannesburg gallery where bronze sculpture was stolen and harvested for scrap.