Stop Scrap Metal Theft

As with all industrial countries, Namibia is plagued with theft of metal from public installations such as telecom cables, drain coverage, fire hydrant taps, etc. These are often found in remote locations and are stolen and sold to certain scrap metal dealers.
Scrap Metal Sales cc does not purchase material known to be or suspected of being stolen. All our purchasing staff are trained to identify such material and to alert management immediately if any such material is delivered.
We regularly receive warnings of specific metal which has been stolen and if such metal is delivered to any of our yards, the owners are immediately notified.

All purchasing is carried out only during normal office hours and in full view of the public. All metal purchased is photographed and all details of the seller are carefully recorded. All activities in our yards are recorded with CCTV cameras.
The public is continually bombarded with media accounts of metal theft and often experiences the effects in the form of electricity blackouts or interruptions of train services. As a result, many members of the public have come to believe that most scrap metal is stolen. In fact, the theft of only a small piece of copper cable can cause huge disruption and massive cost of repairs.
Probably because of the measures it takes, Scrap Metal Sales cc very rarely finds any stolen metal being offered to it. However, our staff are cautioned to remain vigilant.