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5 days agoGold Is Above $4,500 and These 4 Miners Under $45 Are Still Dirt Cheap
Gold and copper miners trading under $45 offer hard-asset exposure as gold prices rise and central banks remain net bullion buyers.
Amazon's data centers will reportedly utilize copper from a mine in Arizona that's leaching metal from ores using microorganisms, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon Web Services will be the first customer for Nuton Technologies, which developed the "bioleaching" technology. AWS will also be providing "cloud-based data and analytics support," helping to optimize Nuton's mining process. Nuton's bioleaching method uses naturally-occurring microorganisms to extract copper from low-grade ore that would otherwise be too expensive to mine,
The wheel, a monumental invention, likely originated in the Carpathian Mountains by miners using innovative transport methods, profoundly impacting human progress and labor.