For many years copper has been
the main raw material used by the Mexican artisans of Santa
Clara del Cobre for the fabrication of their beautiful artisan
items. Originally artisans relied on the natural supply of
copper of their lands for the fabrication of their items. But
has the supply of the original sources has decreased and the
demand for items as copper sinks (http://www.copper-sink
s-mexico.com) has increased they have had to think and look
for new and alternate sources of copper material.
Thankfully they have found a
reliable source of copper in the recycling industry. Trucks
loaded with tons of copper junk coming form many parts in
central Mexico arrive every week and deliver their precious load
to the artisans shops. Artisans pay the load of copper according
to the cleanness of the material, the cleaner your copper the
closer you will get to be paid at international market prices
for pure copper, that lately has been increasing steeply making
this recycling business more profitable for the copper
gatherers. Though all junk serves, artisans specially avoid junk
made of copper wires covered with too much soldering due to the
harming potential that this impurities have for the very
characteristic look of their handmade copper items.
The high demand and good price
paid for copper junk has created a new industry of copper
gatherers in central Mexico with a number of benefits for the
environment turning old useless junk yards into a profitable
mine of copper and preserving natural copper sources for more
strategic applications. And at the same time it has also benefited
the economy of the abundant population of this region of Mexico
that has seen a growing industrialization in recent years.
So now many people may have one
more reason to buy a copper sink; that they are environmental
friendly.