zinc

A penny, on its face, is worth one cent. But melted down for the copper it contains, it could be worth quite a bit more. So why not mine our piggy banks for metal?

Metal costs have soared so high that it now costs significantly more for the U.S. Mint to produce a penny than the coins themselves are worth. That's why Canada just stopped making pennies. We should too.

Many small investors have recently piled into commodities, especially copper, on the assumption that ever-growing demand from developing countries would keep sending prices skyward. Now they are learning a drop in demand is also possible, and prices have been plummeting.

You've probably heard the old saying; "Get the lead out," used on soldiers or teenagers. But did you ever hear the saying; "Get the zinc out," relative to cats and their food?Independent testing has revealed the startling truth that cat fanciers may be legally and unwittingly feeding toxic doses of...

Whenever I sensed the beginnings of a cold, I stuck a Zicam nasal swab up my nose and immediately began to feel better. My mom, who swore by Zicam, recommended them to me three years ago when, during a road trip through the Pacific Northwest coast, my husband started sneezing and coughing....