Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future
Copper, the first metal worked by humans, will be crucial to decarbonization, and could be the path to a Chinese Century.
A quick gloom and doom update on the US auto industry today.
Chrysler announced that it was cutting 1,825 jobs. The cuts are about 6% of the company's hourly workforce of 33,000.
General Motors announced that it is indefinitely suspending company matching contributions to employee 401K retirement accounts.
The Washington Post reports that Detroit automakers are pulling out of NASCAR:
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