Gold may be enjoying a record run this year, but the precious metal’s stodgier industrial metal cousin copper is shining, too. That rally may fade, though. Copper prices have taken off ...

An alloy of copper and tin with a similar color to Nordic Standard copper finish. When exposed to the atmosphere, the surface will change gradually to a stable, dark chocolate brown or even black ...

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This role is nothing new for copper—for thousands of years, it has catalyzed great leaps in human civilization. Many technological breakthroughs, from Bronze Age tools and Roman aqueducts to the ...

but it was soon discovered that mixing copper with another metal - tin - would make something even stronger - bronze. And this marked the beginning of a great new age in Britain - the Bronze Age ...