Hard assets such as iron ore and copper mines which tend to perform in line with the commodities cycle — require less from management to make a deal work.

铁矿石和铜矿等硬资产在收购后的运营上对管理层的要求较少。这类硬资产的表现往往符合大宗商品周期。

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Hard assets such as iron ore and copper mines - which tend to perform in line with the commodities cycle - require less from management to make a deal work.

象铁矿和铜矿之类的“硬资产”的操作与商品的周期趋于一致，在使交易运行的管理上要求更低一些。

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It is hard to make such components small and cheap enough to compete with copper wiring.

现在还很难制作出简便、便宜的组件，能与铜线展开竞争。

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Or find U.S. companies investing in hard assets like copper mines?

FORBES: Unrealistic expectations

Miners are pushing hard to increase their copper output in order to take advantage of the current market price, which is still relatively high.

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The precious metal silver and copper, an industrial metal, were particularly hard hit during the final four weeks of the quarter as silver lost 27.9% and copper lost 24.9% during the month of September.

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