INTERNATIONAL COPPER ASSOCIATION LTD .
( ICA ) over 10 years . With a vast experience in mining , one of his primary preoccupations is pushing to find new uses for copper . When someone comes up with a new innovation we must think of copper . We have proven that one thing leads to another . For example : everything that was lost in telecommunications cables was recuperated with cellular phones and even though these phones don ’ t function with cables , they contain copper components . Today 600,000 tons of copper is used in cellular phones and other telecommunications apparatuses . Copper was first used over 8 thousand years ago for the first time and has been present in the most extraordinary innovations through history , including navigation instruments , electronic systems , potable water distribution , and air conditioners , among others . It is a key element in technological inventions , including advanced scientific equipments like the Grand Hadron Collider at CERN ( European Organization for Nuclear Investigation ), hybrid and electric cars , computers , cell phones , technology that has to do with renewable energy , as well as the fundamental component for the development of the Internet . It is also an excellent electrical and thermal conductor that is resistant to corrosion , bacteria , easy to join together as an alloy , soft , resistant , 100 % recyclable , a catalyst with a beautiful color . This metal is the most used in electronic equipment and systems , and is the key conductor for a sustainable environment . Copper maximizes
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