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.
Several federal agencies and several state attorneys general are alleging that banks and other companies that facilitate the $400 billion a year municipal bond market have colluded for years in an illegal price-fixing scheme that has netted them massive fees.
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