MARIETTA – As the U.S. dollar has gained strength in 2015, scrap metal value has dropped drastically from last year’s export prices. Wares like plate and structural scrap were sold at almost three ...

Jim Biggs, yard supervisor at B&F Towing Co. in New Castle, Del., is getting ready to destroy a 1997 green Nissan Pathfinder SUV that looks in pretty good shape except for some wear and tear. “They’re ...

FREMONT, Neb. — As tractor-trailers full of scrap material stream in and out of the metal recycling facility here, a pair of diesel-fueled material handlers use claws to pick metal and crushed ...

In a victory for restorers, hot rodders and those who simply prefer to do their own auto repairs, state air quality regulators have agreed to give consumers the chance to buy scrapped vehicles, or ...

Dramatic photos show the roof of the car completely crushed by the metal object. — -- A large piece of scrap metal fell from a truck that lost control and overturned on an overpass of a Florida ...

A giant robotic hand holds up the remains of a vehicle crushed by a lucky member of the Robodock 2007 audience. View Slideshow AMSTERDAM – A giant mechanical hand sits amid a litter of destroyed ...

Fire crews continue to work the scene on Saturday after a large blaze broke out at a car crushing and scrap metal facility near Holly Hill Friday afternoon. Photographs shared on social media on ...

If you need further proof that the global financial crisis has infected nearly every corner of every American city, stop by the cramped San Jose parking lot outside the sagging apartment building at ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Florida -- A man miraculously survived after a large piece of scrap metal fell from a truck that lost control and overturned in Florida on Saturday, crushing his van under the overpass.