There have been multiple reports of warnings that we are potentially going to face a worldwide copper shortage in the near future.
There are efforts being made to try and come up with technological solutions that could help bring more access and supply, but will they be effective enough and utilized in time to prevent any chaos around a shortage?
Those in the mining industry have warned about a deficit that might be coming, noting a gap in supply and demand over the coming years, what is this going to mean for the price and overall supply? What about the products and markets that rely heavily on copper materials as well? There is some disagreement still about how much of a shortage if any there might be though, there are operators who still have room to increase on their production as well.
The global market today in copper is worth hundreds of billions and expected to continue growing as well.
Is Copper the Metal of the future?
According to the International Energy Agency, they've suggested that copper might remain as the top most widely used metal when it comes to renewable energy technologies today around the world.
One study has even suggested that unless the supply gap is addressed that this could have an impact as far as pursuing net-zero emissions which could remain out of reach because of those issues with copper supply that some suspect could get worse.
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Sources:
https://fortune.com/2022/11/27/mining-industry-startup-jetti-resources-solution-copper-problem-shortage-bhp-freeport/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2022/08/16/new-study-finds-that-the-future-of-copper-is-coming-at-us-fast/?sh=42c90c6732dc
https://www.mining.com/web/glencore-shares-fall-as-output-guidance-misses-consensus-estimates/
Since one finds copper in a diversity of products, it is a great indicator of the world's economy. I like to follow the price of the copper penny on coinflation. The US stopped producing copper pennies in 1982 when the melt value of the penny exceeded the value of the penny.
The melt value is currently $0.025 . It had been as high as $0.03.
Pundits have long warned about copper shortages. Everytime the price spikes, new mines come online and bring it back down.
My guess is that the price of copper is largely regulated by the amount of energy that is needed to produce copper.
If the economy starts going strong, we will probably see the price spike.
Nonsense we can remove the underground cables as they will be glassfiber. Copper removal from coin world wide will also help as it tends to be the smallest coins that deflate away
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