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Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth

  • Written by Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
imageCapstone Copper's Pinto Valley Mine in Miami, Arizona.Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Demand for copper is surging because of demand from new technologies, but suppliers are struggling to keep up, and they are likely to fall further behind in the coming years, resulting in shortfalls globally. Even though copper prices are at...

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