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[edit] So where is it going?

Where is all the copper going? It's not being burned up, like oil. Perhaps the article could mention this. --Xyzzyplugh (talk) 11:34, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

The copper price graph needs units. pounds, tons, kilograms ???

Rick brade (talk) 05:01, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Where did all this come from?

For instance, Poland's production is in the 550,000 metric tonne region, not the 2 million tonnes given in the text (see the USGS figures). Chile's production is still expanding. There is no mention of the +3 billion tonnes of land based resources (USGS again). The payablility of these resources is very price sensitive. The whole thing smacks of the Club of Rome in the Seventies which was clearly compiled by people with virtually no knowledge of mining. As for the section on supply - words fail me. Beware of environmental analysts when they tangle with subjects that require a lot of specialist knowledge like mining. Mafestel (talk) 14:34, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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Cochilco(Comisión Chilena de Cobre) forecasts an increase in Chilean output to 6,718,000 tonnes by 2012 on currently announced plans compared with approx 5,700,000 tonnes in 2007, hardly the 'Irreverisble decline' from 2008 onwards forecast in the article. I am not sure whether articles like this that require a crystal ball have a place in Wikipedia Mafestel (talk) 15:12, 10 June 2008 (UTC)