Mining.com – Copper industry warns of looming supply gap without more mines
https://www.mining.com/web/copper-industry-warns-of-looming-supply-gap-without-more-mines/ Escondida in Chile, the world’s largest copper mine. (Image courtesy of BHP.) The world’s appetite for copper to build most electronic devices will exceed supply over the next decade and imperil climate targets unless dozens of new mines are built, executives and analysts said this week at a key industry conference. The forecast lays bare the growing tension over where and how the world can...
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