Meanwhile, Comex copper futures rose 4.2% to $4.069 per pound.
Copper demand and prices “should continue to benefit from a recovering global economy and [a]transition to ‘green’ energy sources,” Brent Cook, an economic geologist and senior adviser for the newsletter Exploration Insights, told MarketWatch.
The base metal is also finding support from the supply side. Metal miners suffered production slowdowns due to COVID-19 restrictions, and while supplies should pick up speed in 2021, the market will likely continue to be unable to meet demand in the years ahead.
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Cook argued that estimates for supply increases range between 1.5% and 3.5% while demand is “projected to significantly exceed supply.” The supply deficit is projected to increase over the next five to 10 years “primarily due to a dearth of new copper deposit discoveries, the time line to bring a deposit into production,” which can reach for a large deposi
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MINING.com Editor | February 12, 2021 | 10:54 am
For decades, the global demand for copper has been rising steadily, having tripled over the past half-century, according to the International Copper Study Group. Demand for copper – a metal key to the green energy transition – is expected to keep rising over the coming years as emerging economies led by China continue to ramp up industrial activity.
According to the (United States Geological Survey) USGS, roughly 700 million tonnes of copper have been produced around the world so far, while identified deposits contain an estimated 2.1 billion tonnes of additional copper that have yet to be mined.
To provide a glimpse of the copper supply chain of tomorrow, MINING.COM and sister company