Copper boom fueling energy transition puts Earth’s wildlands at risk
By 2040, the estimated annual global need for copper could reach 50 million metric tons a year, twice the total consumption from 1900 to 2022. “Copper, they say, is the next petroleum,” states Thyana Alvarez, vice president of Copper Giant, which owns the large Mocoa mining project in southern Colombia.
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/copper-boom-fueling-energy-transition-puts-earths-wildlands-at-risk/
Gerry McGovern
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