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.
Kazakhmys agreed on Monday to borrow $1.5 billion loan from China Development Bank to help develop a large copper deposit in eastern Kazakhstan, officials said at a signing ceremony.
The loan, to be disbursed by the end of this year, will enable Kazakhmys to develop the Aktogay copper field in eastern Kazakhstan without selling a stake in the deposit to China’s Jinchuan Group Ltd.
