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Elsewhere, Turkey has drawn down about 60 metric tons from its reserves since the conflict began — about $8 billion worth of gold — to defend the lira, she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Cocoa futures prices surged exponentially in 2024, peaking above $12,000 a metric ton due to poor weather in West African nations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The delivered price of aluminum in the U.S., with assorted charges and the tariff factored in, is $6,100 a metric ton, up 83% from a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Excluding certain items, the metric fell $92.9 million to $327.5 million, partly reflecting a $32.5 million pretax charge related to the write-off of excess raw potatoes in its international segment.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

When at last he had finished his calculations, Cavendish announced that the Earth weighed a little over 13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds, or six billion trillion metric tons, to use the modern measure.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson