TTSIDA CONSIDERS COPPER EXPORT BAN

The government is facing growing pressure to intervene in the copper theft crisis which is affecting public utility infrastructure.

Well, the T&T Scrap Iron Dealers Association is holding emergency talks tomorrow, floating radical proposals to artificially cap local prices and to self-police the trade, failing which it believes a ban on copper will be needed.

It's in a desperate bid to prevent a repeat of the total crippling of sector.

Alicia Boucher has more in this report.