Chart Analysis : The weekly chart of the high-grade copper futures shows an uptrend from the October lows, line b.
That's when all eyes will turn to the 6-foot-high copper chimney erected atop the Sistine Chapel to pipe out puffs of smoke to tell the world if there's a new pope.
As a 23-year-old engineer at Bell Laboratories in 1979, I came to believe that high-speed, high-volume transmissions were feasible via copper telephone lines.
It hit a six-month high for copper.
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Copper-market analysts believe that Zaire's high-grade ore could help create a world surplus of copper by the end of the decade, and bring prices down heavily.
Verizon has been replacing high-maintenance portions of its residential copper network with fiber optics to provide enhanced services and to reduce ongoing repair costs.
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High-efficiency motors, which have more copper coils and thinner laminate steel, cost more to make.
They are building copper mines in the Congo, high-speed rail lines in Brazil and apartment complexes in Saudi Arabia.
The high prices fetched for copper, gold and rare-earth minerals are leading to a surge in interest in mining the ocean floor.
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Two little words that could potentially give new life to copper, at least in the high-speed internet department, have found their way into the news once again, and this time it's Comcast who's showing us just what channel bonding can do.
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This could keep copper prices at relatively high levels despite a weaker-than-expected global economy.
Copper imports rose to a four-month high, while purchases of iron ore were the biggest since January 2011.
Yet there is clearly a huge opportunity, given the gap between the quality of Internet access most Americans enjoy at work (through high-speed direct connections) and at home (through a copper telephone wire).
The fact that the metal is currently priced at an all-time high suggests that Freeport, and its competitors like Southern Copper, Codelco and Newmont Mining, can expect high revenue figures for this year.
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Copper prices Friday hit a fresh three-month high.
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Nonetheless, I could not see any reason why high-bandwidth video and other data signals could not be carried on the existing copper, and became fascinated with how to do it.
Even copper came to life, as it reached a two-week high, yet the technical readings do not yet suggest a low is in place.
Why should competitors build innovative, ultra high-speed fiber networks that would provide real competition when the government is giving them a break on copper wire?
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The generator transformer - measuring over 13ft (4m) high, 29ft (9m) long and 13ft (4m) wide - contains more than 30 tonnes of copper and around 120 tonnes of steel.
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