Thermal Grizzly hit by China metal scam

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Post by libpcap » Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 12:32 AM UTC

Thermal Grizzly hit by China metal scam
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Re: Thermal Grizzly hit by China metal scam

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Post by MisterTea » Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 1:07 AM UTC

There are Copper mining and smelting operations in Europe. When all you want is lowest cost, these are the waters you tread.

Re: Thermal Grizzly hit by China metal scam

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC

MisterTea wrote: post #2

There are Copper mining and smelting operations in Europe. When all you want is lowest cost, these are the waters you tread.

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Re: Thermal Grizzly hit by China metal scam

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Post by rasz » Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 4:58 AM UTC

previously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304934

Re: Thermal Grizzly hit by China metal scam

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Post by pseudohadamard » Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC

This is why you may want to get an XRF analyzer if you're buying material from the cheapest supplier in those quantities. For the rest of us, it's ad-hoc tests: CCA wire melts with a match flame, CCS gets attracted to a magnet, for CCC there's no obvious test, and if you can find legit copper conductor stockpile it now.

Having said that, if you read the original discussion, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304934, it looks like he brought this upon himself.