Trace-in-Metal Ltd is an innovation company which has patented technology that infusers substrate metals with coded hard metal tags that survive the temperatures used in metals recycling. The tags can be both deployed and recovered easily and will trace a metal asset back to source throughout the recycling 'food chain', even after some have been melted down. This process effectively controls the value of the asset, creating a strong deterrent to both thief and dishonest receiver. Each deployment, is supported by a registry that provides time critical evidence and intelligence relating to metal theft and can help the police and other stakeholders conduct their business without unnecessary interruptions from dealing in stolen metals. The system provides a cost effective and socially responsible method of protecting assets that are critical to infrastructure and cultural heritage by providing a strong, lasting deterrent against theft, and will provide irrefutable evidence linking criminals to crime scenes, should any asset be unlawfully removed. Trace-in-metal really does make stolen metal.......too hot to handle!