The EU sees "especially strong potential" in Greenland's deposits of niobium, platinum, rare earths and tantalum, among the elements on an EU "critical raw materials" list.

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To date the permanent five have sanctioned only a very few of the materials on either list.

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The salvage website allows people to list materials for sale and through it can be contacted by potential buyers.

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The third sector on the most bullish list is the Materials sector.

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Another potential sticking-point this time is that North Korea is supposed to discuss a plausible list of all other nuclear facilities and materials it has, including any related to uranium, in preparation for declaring and then getting rid of them.

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Another materials group, Canfor, was one of the five newcomers to the list, at No. 1816.

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You can visit the site or call 1-800-CLEANUP, punch in a ZIP code and get a list of nearby collection sites for a wide range of hazardous materials.

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Questions abound about how a Nigerian national who was supposedly on the terrorist "watch list" was able to obtain a visa, fly to the United States and transport explosive materials undetected.

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