Metals will be in huge demand2 Jan 2021 21:49
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Copper, which stands to benefit from the clean-energy transformation given how much of the conduit is used in renewable sources, posted a ninth straight monthly gain on the London Metal Exchange, the longest run since 1994. Nickel recently touched the highest in more than a year. Chile, the biggest copper-producing nation, said earlier this month it would merge its mining and energy ministries, highlighting the extent to which the two sectors are becoming intertwined.
“Decarbonizaton is bullish metals,” Francisco Blanch, head of global commodities & derivatives research at Bank of America Securities, said Thursday in an interview on Bloomberg Television. “Copper goes through the eye of the decarbonization process.”
Ivanhoe Capital said in the filing that, based on McKinsey & Co. estimates, global electricity consumption will double by 2050, led by the electrification of transport and buildings. Also, according to Morgan Stanley, electrification, together with other decarbonization technologies, will require $50 trillion of investment over the next 30 years.