You can’t buy copper at 2.63 unless you buy scrap. Did you open the link? Go to coin shows and see what they want foe 1 oz Copper rounds or bars. Go to Home Depot and buy a roll of Copper tubing. The Kitco or wall street price is bull shit.
I was a precision sheet metal mechanic. Design fabricate and install. I was always buying metals retail, and selling the drop offs or scrap to recyclers. Some of these prices areĀ not much higher thanĀ 30 or more years ago.
Copper scrap today $2.99/lb