MexM to UK Rail and TrainsEnglish · 1 month agoRail disruption after £100K worth of cable stolenwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
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minus-squareblackn1ghtlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoWhat do thieves do with the cables? Like how are they selling it and who’s buying high voltage overhead rail wires?
minus-squareStrykker@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThey sell it to metal scrap recyclers who will then melt it down, and sell it back to industry for use.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_theft I think copper is the most common one that’s stolen.
What do thieves do with the cables? Like how are they selling it and who’s buying high voltage overhead rail wires?
They sell it to metal scrap recyclers who will then melt it down, and sell it back to industry for use.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_theft
I think copper is the most common one that’s stolen.