Market needs over $100bn investment to close copper gap - MINING.COM - MINING.com

The global copper industry needs to build mines that close what could be an annual supply deficit of 4.7 million tonnes by 2030, says CRU.

This means the world would need to build eight projects the size of BHPs (ASX: BHP) Escondida in Chile, the worlds largest copper mine, over the next eight years. Such task, Heimlich said, seems ques… [+3461 chars]

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