Metal theft
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metal-theft-188-18308052
title:
Metal theft
text:
Metal theft is "the theft of items for the value of their constituent metals". It usually increases when worldwide prices for scrap metal rise, as has happened dramatically due to rapid industrialization in India and China. Apart from precious metals like gold and silver, the metals most commonly stolen are non-ferrous metals such as copper, aluminium, brass, and bronze. However, even cast iron and steel are seeing higher rates of theft due to increased scrap metal prices. One defining character
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Theft of items for the value of their constituent metals
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_theft
date created:
2005-03-18T14:04:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T01:42:00Z
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