Rio chairman Dominic Barton on copper Taken from a Bloomberg article today;
...The Rio Tinto chairman highlighted the need for continued urbanization in China as a source of sustained iron ore demand, while also repeating his company’s plan to boost its exposure to copper, lithium and nickel as consumption surges to meet the needs of the global energy transition.
“We are so short of copper as humans it’s not funny,” Barton said.
Preparing your shareholders, Mr. B? Let's hope so...