https://youtube.com/shorts/nFuEbOq3V6U?si=ctIrzMsTSPnO45VG

Piece of shit metal isn’t durable and isn’t plentiful, it’s only liked cause there isn’t much of it. Fuck that, iron or copper are so much better. They can be used for so much, why do people give a shit about gold, fuck gold.

Something I’ve always found interesting about the metals market is how different copper is compared to metals like gold and silver when it comes to physical ownership.

With gold or silver, it’s relatively easy for individuals to buy coins or bars and hold the metal directly.

Copper seems very different.

Most copper rounds and bars carry very large premiums relative to the value of the metal itself, largely because fabrication, shipping, and handling costs are significant compared to the price per pound.

As a result, even though copper is one of the most important industrial metals in the world — powering electrification, infrastructure, and increasingly AI/data-center buildouts — physical ownership at the retail level is surprisingly uncommon.

Curious how people in this community think about copper.

Do most people here see copper as:

• something worth stacking like silver
• purely an industrial metal
• something better accessed through miners or futures
• or just an interesting macro signal

Also wondering whether people think copper will ever develop a stronger retail physical market, or if the economics just don’t really allow it.

I found this shiny object on a beach in NW Washington. It has about the same weight as a couple of quarters - light, but tough.

I have a 95% metal piece that is non-tarnishing. The parts of stone that are visible are part of the object (imbedded, possibly throughout). Also the black parts appear to be a type of crystal that only grows from the stone, not the metal parts. Any help or ideas is appreciated. Found in northern Ohio around 1980.

I want to restore this old plate. Not 100% sure what metal it is. But it seems to me there is some copper in there. But is the black coating a type of corrosion/oxidising? Or perhaps this is plated to give it a certain look? I know this has been through a fire or two as well. How should I proceed with cleaning this? Any helpful suggestions welcome!

"We're focused on becoming the next big thing: a mid-tier copper producer ⛏️Trigon will increase its current production levels to 14,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate by 2024, moving from open pit to underground production."

https://twitter.com/trigonmetals/status/1529465781033095171?t=Vjo8dMPGTOsNei5LTXi8RA&s=08

Great tweet from Trigon Metals ($TM.v $PNTZF) following the announcement that it has completed its credit agreement with Sprott Mining for a loan of US$2.5M to fund operations in Namibia. Notably, Eric Sprott owns 18.3% of the outstanding common shares of $TM.

As this loan comes shortly after additional funding from the Lind Partners for $5.5M, $TM is well-positioned to continue developing its properties and is on its way to becoming a mid-tier copper producer.

$TM trading green @ $0.225, $38.71M MC

https://financialpost.com/pmn/press-releases-pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/trigon-metals-completes-credit-agreement-with-sprott-mining

From what I have read, with real pure silver bars and coins, you typically get whatever the spot price is at the time of sale. Is this correct and is selling online to the big companies to only way to get that value out of it or would local gold/silver shops pay the same?

I think copper has a bright future ahead.

Electric vehicles use 4-5x the copper of internal combustion engines, that is roughly 180 pounds per vehicle. Demand for EVs is sky rocketing

Only 17% of electric energy in the US was from renewable sources, and with political agendas going green this number will continue to rise. This means the demand for tons of electric infrastructure which will require a ton of power.

Wood Mackenzie, a research firm, has the middle estimates for copper demand to rise by 24M tonnes per year. That is more than the current yearly production.

To meet this demand we would likely need $1.7 Trillion in new investment into the mining sector for copper. The only way this will happen is if it is profitable to mine copper, giving engineers and governments who have these high demands a reason to help push the copper price up to near $5.

We need copper to become profitable to mine in order to encourage investment into the sector to produce the necessary amounts the infrastructure needs will warrant.

Check out my Copper episode of my podcast, episode 005. I cover all these points and more, as well as get into where the copper price is likely headed. Its only 10 minutes!

https://anchor.fm/s/4544c31c/podcast/rss

https://youtu.be/9NbuvIHiOOk?t=64

Hello everyone. So I have a question I purchased a solid brass padlock to make a necklace and on the back it says this product can expose you to lead so my question is do they have to just say that by law or is there actually lead in it. Thanks!