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Copper prices dipped below the key mark of $10,000 a metric ton on Tuesday for the first time in three weeks as consolidation continued due to lacklustre demand in top consumer China. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 1.6% to $9,979.5 a ton as at 1056 GMT. It earlier dipped to $9,964.5, the lowest since May 13. “The United States’ ...
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One of the largest surviving gold nuggets found in the western hemisphere is a breathtaking nugget named The Boot of Cortez. It is an amazing piece of gold, weighing in at a massive 389.4 troy ounces. In 1989, an amateur treasure hunter in Mexico purchased an entry-level metal detector at a local Radio Shack and ventured out into the forbidding Sonoran ...