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Aluminum Index was up 3.6%, as up to 5 million metric tons of aluminum exports are at risk.
From Barron's
Estimated at being 12 to 15 metres long and 15 tons in weight, it's thought the whale could have previously become entangled in a fishing net.
From BBC
The world will need to remove around 10 billion metric tons of carbon a year by 2050 in order to keep global heating to a minimum, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Ford dreamed up the atomic-age Nucleon, powered by a tiny nugget of uranium and incidentally requiring tons of lead shielding to protect anyone who came within a football field of the thing.
From Los Angeles Times
Construction costs, including for a plant capable of processing up to 15 million tons of ore, would be between US$1.47 billion and US$1.77 billion.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
