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copper

[kop-er] / ˈkɒp ər /














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The company produced 151,900 metric tons of copper in the third quarter, a 7% increase from the previous quarter, driven by higher output at its Los Pelambres mine in Chile’s Coquimbo region, it said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Macquarie says production of 153,600 oz of gold in 1Q represents 22% of the midpoint of annual guidance. 1Q gold output was 5% below consensus expectations, although copper production beat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Chile, which is responsible for nearly a quarter of global copper output, saw production fall to its lowest level in 15 years in August due to storms and operational problems.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

"At the time you think it might be copper or iron washing down through the landscape but it stank and it was sort of oily all over her coat," Donna added.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

If copper and beads are the Powhatan gold and jewels, then he must truly be wealthy.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Her odyssey also takes her to Falster, an island at the bottom of the country, where she finds “a cluster of sooty coppers on a few glossy yellow flowers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“This isn’t the local coppers coming down, these are men in dark suits.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022

Mette, who has been with the department for 18 years, told "young coppers" they have a "long way to go."

From Fox News ● Oct. 21, 2021

Could the man seemingly most committed to rooting out bent coppers be the worst of them all?

From BBC ● May 1, 2021

Inside were four coppers and a little hank of blond hair tied up with a red ribbon.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Within the last month Alsop coppered the Longworth bet by wagering heavily on Ike to run.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why I don’t believe it is, because I’ve seed the creature stickin’ just the same way to the coppered bottom o’ a ship, and likewise to the sides o’ rocks under the water.

From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid

He had examined a coppered ship under repair, and found the bolts corroded and eaten away.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston

Base metals, zinc, pewter, lead, etc., are first coppered in a cyanide of copper solution, as will be described under the head of Copper-plating.

From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall

For this purpose specially prepared coppered asbestos rings are used, which will stand both water and intense heat.

From Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants by Walter C. Runciman

Clampett & Co. expect to get richer still on royalties, and are coppering their bet by making a round-the-world tour, beating bandits and fattening the market for their book.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seems they sing, Even though coppering is not an easy thing.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell

However, at a temperature of 50° C. the above receipt gives an excellent coppering liquid, which will coat zinc with a fine reguline deposit.

From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall

When both ends are silvered the process of coppering by electro deposit is commenced.

From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall

This year also the experiment for coppering ships’ bottoms as a preservation against worms was introduced into the Royal Navy, and tried on the Alarm frigate, of 32 guns.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston


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