Copper Prices

Copper Prices & Information on Copper Investing

Copper Prices

Copper

Copper metal and alloys have been used for thousands of years. In the Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, hence the origin of the name of the metal as Cyprium, “metal of Cyprus”, later shortened to Cuprum. There may be insufficient reserves to sustain current high rates of copper consumption.Some countries, such as Chile and the United States, still have sizable reserves of the metal which are extracted through large open pit mines.

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