Copper Import Tariff
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bigggbbruce
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Buy U.S.
And I thought we was talkin' Mini Coopers...
Alton
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Chile, Peru and the US have free trade agreements. I believe those three maybe the largest suppliers? If not US maybe be 4th or 5th.
AJ
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This being a gun forum, I thought he was referring to Jeff Cooper.
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Isn't Arizona the "copper state"?
I thought Cooper's were now from Arkansas. Ya know....the BlackHawk Custom folks....
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Wait.......What.........???
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Do companies like like Winchester, Remington, Starline, etc. buy foreign copper or US stuff?
venomballistics
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Any pre 1982 penny is worth 3 times the face value in copper. Keep the post 82's in circulation or just round off to the next higher nickel.
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Let's not downgrade the thread.
Cooper or Copper?
I believe Alton is correct, along with lead. China has been known, for at least 20 years, to be buying most scrap copper on the market. Since that is a strategic metal I encourage congress to put a stopper on this metal export.
DrKHaC
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So did I I clicked on it cause I read Mini Coopers
Think this may have a slight impact on ammo prices but I may be wrong.
Copper is, of course, used in nearly all munitions production. We import copper to make artillery rounds, missles, mines and bombs, not to mention small arms ammunition. Copper is also critical for anything electric. It's the cheapest good conductor there is. And it's all imported.
They tried aluminum, which is cheaper, but it's not nearly as good or useful conductor.
Prices of copper are at an all time high already - $5.51 per pound. And copper thieves have been very active the last year or so. Raiding phone company cable and building suppliers.
Copper is, of course, used in nearly all munitions production. We import copper to make artillery rounds, missles, mines and bombs, not to mention small arms ammunition. Copper is also critical for anything electric. It's the cheapest good conductor there is. And it's all imported.
They tried aluminum, which is cheaper, but it's not nearly as good or useful conductor.
Prices of copper are at an all time high already - $5.51 per pound. And copper thieves have been very active the last year or so. Raiding phone company cable and building suppliers.
Major 2
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DB Cooper ? " requested $200,000 in a knapsack "
Tariffs on the Chinese knapsack
Tariffs on the Chinese knapsack
Beancounter81
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The US produces about half of the copper we consume each year. Most of the remainder is imported from Chile and Canada. While China is a big player in copper production, we don't import very much from them. The US has abundant copper ore; we just don't have enough smelting and refining capacity.
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My older brother worked on a strip copper mine in AZ years ago. Story was the trace elements/minerals obtained payed the costs of production, the copper was profit. But, they closed when copper prices fell so I don't know.
An occupational name, Cooper means "barrel maker" and refers to those who made barrels, vats, casks, buckets, and other containers in Medieval England, when it was a highly prized craft.
DrKHaC
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So Mini Barrel Maker S
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I live within sight of the Chino/Santa Rita copper mine and the Tyrone mine across the valley here in southern New Mexico. My town was a Superfund site -- now remediated -- after they closed the smelter and dropped the stacks. I hear traffic from the mine 24/7. The local economy would be in a shambles if Freeport McMoRan pulled out. It was a big day in Hurley when they dripped the old Kennecott stacks in 2007. Still see flatbeds hauling large plates of pure copper. It is such a gorgeous and useful metal.
CollinCountyLawman
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I just picked up 400 rounds of Federal 38 Special +P 158gr LSWC for my revolvers. Such a good price.
max503
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Does Michigan still mine copper? Maybe he's trying to flip Michigan by bring them jobs?
