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In an industrial suburb of Montreal, sheets of copper move along a conveyor belt suspended four stories above the floor of a foundry - a metals plant - until they drop into a lava-hot furnace. Next come pieces of discarded copper wire.
In an industrial suburb of Montreal, sheets of copper move along a conveyor belt suspended four stories above the floor of a foundry — a metals plant — until they drop into a lava-hot furnace. Next come pieces of discarded copper wire. Out of the furnace comes liquid copper, alight…
In the mid-nineteenth century, a new industry emerged, based on the refining of petroleum. The human use of petroleum is ancient, and may (for all we know) date well into pre-history. In the form found most often in nature, as thick pools of bituminous tar, this sticky, potentially flammable substance found use as a caulk,…
U.S. shale has provided that much-needed insulation against global price shocks that were previously inevitable when the Middle East caught geopolitical fire.
Gasoline futures have risen nearly 29% this year with prices at the pump currently averaging $3.67 a gallon, according to the motorist association AAA.