Word: coppers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week, looking for kopecks. Bank officials conferred with mint officials, they agreed that too much Russian small change was disappearing from circulation. Despite all the rigor of Soviet laws designed to keep money in circulation, Russian citizens were up to their old trick of hoarding money, bronze and copper coins in particular...
...Copper Cut. Sales of copper during July were larger than June because of its cut to 11? per Ib. But the end of the month found stocks of all copper on hand had decreased only 6,346 tons from June's figure of 570,596 tons.* The situation obviously was still unadjusted. Last week readjustment came with a slash that brought copper to 10¾? per Ib., the lowest since 1902. Few companies can make money with copper at this level; hence production is likely to dwindle down to demand. Even low-cost producers will not find...
...This includes stocks of blister copper, refined copper and copper in transit...
Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper...
...professor roamed about over 10,000 sq. mi. of southwest Africa, found traces of nitrate throughout his journey, "a strong resemblance to the conditions prevalent in Chile." Should anything come of this, Africa may threaten Chile's nitrates as seriously as it is now threatening Chile's copper. Last year copper and nitrates together formed 88% of total Chilean exports, copper coming to $105,489,000, nitrates...