The Copper Conundrum: A Canary in the Coal Mine for AI's Dark Side The recent downturn in industrial metal markets has left many questioning whether the sector can recover from its current slump.
However, beneath this surface level issue lies a more insidious trend that threatens to upend not just the copper industry but our understanding of the tech revolution's true cost.
Chilean mining giant Codelco, once a paragon of efficiency and innovation in the copper world, is facing a reckoning.