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If this report is true, this will be good news for the companies that have been suffering at the hands of scrap metal thieves.However it is debatable whether an outright ban  while regulations are being formulated is the best way to deal with the problem. I have no idea who are the key players in the export of scrap metals but doesn’t an outright ban lump together people doing legitimate businesses (i.e. purchasing scarp metals from legitimate sources) with those scrap metal businesses purchasing metals from crooks? or are they all crooks? Will we not lose foreign exchange that we need so badly during the period that the ban remains in force? Has the government established a committee/task force with a clear mandate and with a definite time table when this exercise should be completed? How many people depend on income from the scrap metal industry and how many families will suffer from the loss of income?

We should send a strong signal to crooks that we are going to put them out of business, but in the process we should not hurt the innocent.

Jamaica Gleaner News – Scrap metal exports banned – Wednesday | October 31, 2007