Get ready to enter the copper age

From The Economic Times

We may be entering our second Copper Age – the first one, the Chalcolithic (copper+stone) Age, spanning 6,000 to 4,000 years ago, being the period when humans first used metal. This time around, AI, automation and energy transition, with copper at their core, is driving up demand. The world will have to mine more of the metal now than it has in its entire history. China, which is at the forefront on all three technological revolutions, accounts for well over half of global copper imports, and it ..