It’s "steady as she goes" in the catalytic converter market. The scrap market for PGMs (platinum group metals) is intimately tied to the catalytic converter market. While mined output of basic ...

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- West Allis police arrested a man caught trying to steal a catalytic converter from a car lot last week. Thefts of these car parts have risen in Milwaukee and across the ...

The best way to remain profitable is A) to resell material as closely as possible in the same market as it was purchased and B) to ensure that material purchased has enough margin to cover potential ...

Motorists across the U.S. are increasingly being met with a roaring noise when they turn on the ignition due to surging thefts of catalytic converters, law enforcement officials say. The devices look ...

BOSTON (CBS) - The connection between the war in Ukraine, Russian sanctions, and thefts of catalytic converters. Police in several communities say those thefts are on the rise. Catalytic converters ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu police are once again seeing an uptick in catalytic converter thefts. Catalytic converters contain precious metals like platinum, which HPD says thieves are ...

BRUNSWICK — Soaring prices for precious metals contained in some auto components is driving a rash of thefts in coastal Georgia. The Brunswick News reported 18 catalytic converters have been stolen ...

For the past two years, law enforcement has tried to put the brakes on a worldwide wave of catalytic converter thefts. It has remained a crime so rampant and costly, it has some afraid to park their ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The number of stolen catalytic converters is skyrocketing in Hawaii. State Farm reported that in 2019, they only had eight theft claims. In 2021, they had 310. And last year ...

Suzann Beckett and her daughter had a tough introduction to a rising crime trend recently. Beckett’s daughter had parked her 2009 Toyota Prius in the street outside their home in Hartford’s West End.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Soaring prices for precious metals contained in some auto components is driving a rash of thefts in coastal Georgia. The Brunswick News reports 18 catalytic converters have been ...