Rice University: China Positioning Itself to Dominate World's Copper Supply
April 13, 2021
April 13, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas, April 13 (TNSOps) -- Rice University issued the following news release:
China is positioning itself to dominate the global supply of copper, a material in high demand as the world transitions to alternative energy systems, according to experts from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
"If China's dominance of rare earth element supplies is the global energy transition's 'elephant in the room,' then copper is the 800-pound gorilla,&qu . . .
China is positioning itself to dominate the global supply of copper, a material in high demand as the world transitions to alternative energy systems, according to experts from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
"If China's dominance of rare earth element supplies is the global energy transition's 'elephant in the room,' then copper is the 800-pound gorilla,&qu . . .