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Story summary
- BT is on track for a £2 billion-plus windfall from selling stripped copper cabling.
- By March 2026 BT recovered nearly 10,000 tonnes of copper, 63% more than the prior year.
- Openreach expects to extract up to 200,000 tonnes of copper by the 2030s, valuing it over £2 billion.
- Openreach’s SelectaDNA coating cut copper theft 30% in 2024, though thieves damaged a mile of cables in St Neots.
