# \#copper

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## [Subsea Mining](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/subsea-mining/6437)

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**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\
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**Last updated:** [28 August 2026 00:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/subsea-mining/6437 "2026-08-28T00:18:35Z")

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A fascinating article – well worth reading. Non-Grok summary – Mother Nature has created enormous resources of valuable metals on the deep sea-bed – multiples of terrestrial reserves. Half a century of data collection …

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## [When Semiconductors Entered the Copper Age](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/when-semiconductors-entered-the-copper-age/3886)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [20 October 2023 14:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/when-semiconductors-entered-the-copper-age/3886 "2023-10-20T14:03:37Z")

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As semiconductor device geometries shrank to achieve greater complexity, faster speed, and lower power due to the Dennard scaling theorem, the physical properties of materials began to limit the ability to …