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...metals analyst with New York's Rudolf Wolff Futures: "I expect to see fundamental changes in the way the market operates. We are certainly not anticipating a return to the old system of price supports." He and others predict that tin in the future will be traded much like copper or aluminum, in a free market without the help of a cartel. --By William J. Mitchell Reported by Frank Melville/London
...result of choking on the polluted air that issues from the state's assorted smelters, refineries, pulp mills, oil and gas wells and non-emission-controlled exhaust pipes. The inevitable legacy of almost everyone doing pretty much anything he wished is a huge environmental mess, from the copper mines of Butte, where the water table is thick with heavy metals, to the asbestos mines of Libby, where laborers are dying in large numbers from chronic respiratory ailments. No wonder Montanans legalized medical marijuana last fall. The stuff is said to ease the pain of battling cancer, and up in Libby...
...more pollution. Feng's younger brother Bo, also one of China's leading VCs, advised him against an investment. "It didn't look like a winner," admits Feng. But with his guidance, Dongjiang now boasts clients such as IBM, bringing in an average of $1 million a month, extracting copper from chipmaking by-products and detoxifying what's left over free of charge...
...more pollution. Feng's younger brother Bo, also one of China's leading VCs, advised him against an investment. "It didn't look like a winner," admits Feng. But with his guidance, Dongjiang now boasts clients such as IBM, bringing in an average of $1 million a month, extracting copper from chipmaking by-products and detoxifying what's left over free of charge...
There's more to tattooing than pinpricks. The first detailed analysis of tattoo inks, presented at the American Chemical Society meeting last week, found copper, iron, lead, lithium, chromium and strontium. Rub-ons, anyone...