Scrap metal thefts are on the rise (This is West Country)
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SCRAP metal merchants in the Yeovil area are being asked to be on their guard against buying stolen lead.
China seizes smuggled metal bound for North Korea (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Chinese border police have seized 70 kg (154 lb) of the strategic metal vanadium bound for North Korea, a local newspaper said on Tuesday, foiling an attempt to smuggle a material used to make missile parts.
China seizes steel-hardening metal hidden in truck bound for North Korea (The Washington DC Examiner)
BEIJING Chinese customs authorities have seized a stash of vanadium, a strategic metal used to strengthen steel, hidden in fruit boxes on a truck bound for North Korea, an official said Tuesday.
