Case in point. This story is amazing. And it starts with copper, the mineral copper. Theres copper in brass. Theres copper in bronze. The statue of liberty is sheathed in a layer of copper. Thats about the thickness of two pennies. Pennies themselves used to be copper, but now theyre just coppercovered zinc, which sort of seems sad. It makes financial sense, because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. We use copper for wiring. There is a massive global appetite for copper. And the Worlds Largest producer of copper is an american company. Its a company that used to be based in new orleans but now the Mining Company freeport is based in phoenix, arizona. And the freeport Mining Company of phoenix, arizona, they do still mine copper in arizona and they mine copper in new mexico and in colorado. But they are a gigantic firm. And theyre a global operation. In south america, they m
Because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. We use copper for wiring. There is a massive global appetite for copper. And the Worlds Largest producer of copper is an american company. Its a company that used to be based in new orleans but now the Mining Company freeport is based in phoenix, arizona. And the freeport Mining Company of phoenix, arizona, they do still mine copper in arizona and they mine copper in new mexico and in colorado. But they are a gigantic firm. And theyre a global operation. In south america, they mine copper in chile, peru. In indonesia, they operate the largest gold mine in the entire world, which is also the Third Largest copper mine in the world, which is also a huge silver mine as well. This is an american company, but the physical footprint that freeport has in indonesia, it isnt just visible from space. Its easily visible from space. Its massive.
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