Boasting an aluminum base, the Wooden Light Bulb is totally safe (although probably not that practical for actual lighting purposes) as LEDs, unlike incandescents, produce a very small amount of heat.
And finally, the HeadStand in the middle is merely for hanging your headphones, while the gap between the two aluminum discs at the base lets you coil up the cable.
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Like other base metals, aluminum has tumbled from its highs earlier in the year on worries about the strength of the global economy and thus potential industrial demand, particularly as the European sovereign-debt crisis continues.
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Unlike recycling of popular base metals like copper and aluminum which might make up a large portion of an object, the problem with trying to increase recycling of specialty metals is that they are used in only sparingly in the high-tech equipment.
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Meanwhile, the profits of publicly traded companies in base metals such as copper, aluminum iron and nickel are up 6%, on average.
David Wilson, senior base metals analyst with Societe Generale, said aluminum demand is expected to grow by 7.6% over the next five years as aluminum gets substituted for copper because of high prices for the latter.
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China represents 42% of global demand for the four main base metals: copper, zinc, nickel and aluminum, so its decisions regarding how to direct its state-run economy are paramount to the outlook for these commodities, she said.
The x2's aluminum build is sturdy, but if you hold the device by the keyboard base, the screen wobbles a bit in its hinge.
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Or you can take a look at the PowerShares DB Base Metals (NYSE: DBB) ETF, which has exposure to futures contracts on aluminum, zinc and copper.
Although BNP Paribas looks for strength in base metals next year, it lowered its fourth quarter 2012 and first quarter 2013 price outlooks for aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc from previous forecasts after price weakness earlier this year.
The HTC has a handsome, sturdier, aluminum body, dual stereo speakers, an excellent camera, better screen resolution than the new Samsung and twice the base memory for the same price.
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