Copper: Humanity’s first and most important future metal
Millions of feet of copper wiring will be required for strengthening the world’s power grids, and hundreds of thousands of tonnes more are needed to build wind and solar farms.
Anti-mining protesters in Peru’s Cajamarca region are scheduled to start an indefinite protest beggining May 31, local press reported. The main target is US-based Newmont Mining’s US$4.8bn Minas Co…