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Copper Demand Surges, But Supply Deficit Is Hard To Solve, Expert Says
Copper Demand Surges, But Supply Deficit Is Hard To Solve, Expert Says
Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times,
The ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) boom underscores a harder-to-resolve supply issue for copper, according to veteran natural resource investor Rick Rule.
Speaking recently with Siyamak Khorrami, host of EpochTV’s “Market Insider,” Rule said the increasingly energy-intensive lives people around the world are living have pushed up demand for copper. With companies and countries investing heavily in AI, future demand for the red metal will be “staggering,” he said.
At the same time, the...
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