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[โ€“] HappySkullsplitter 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The value of copper obviously fluctuates over time, but at the current price $90M USD of copper is about 10,600 (US) tons or 9,616 (metric) tons of copper

I was just curious

[โ€“] CrayonRosary 4 points 6 days ago

I think metric people spell it "tonne", helps to disambiguate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne