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Broadcast in March 2017. Although it is a little plain compared to iron, copper was the first metal used by humans, and the history of copper use can be said to overlap with the history of mankind. Looking at the last 100 years, copper has been an essential metal for supporting social infrastructure such as electric wires. From now on, the demand for copper as a carrier of electronic data will increase to further develop the information society. In the present and future world, where electricity and electronic information are spread all over the world and computers and robots are rapidly spreading in daily life, copper will continue to be an important metal material. We will pursue the copper refining technology and cutting-edge copper processing technology that have been cultivated over the past 100 years and explore the true face of "copper". ○Copper is culture ○Copper smelters that have been in operation for 100 years ○Who is the main user of copper? ○Sustainable society and urban mines [Major interview locations] (as of March 2017) Sawamura Ichiro (JX Metals) Tokoro Chiharu (Waseda University) Yasuda Yutaka (Pan Pacific Copper) Takebayashi Kazuaki (Pan Pacific Copper) Horie Shu (Pan Pacific Copper) Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable, Tatsuta Technical Center **************************************************************************** <"Galileo X" program website> http://web-wac.co.jp/program/galileo_x/ #copper#metal#copper