Copper could cause a bottleneck in the ongoing tech infrastructure buildout

Copper discoveries

Copper discoveries are collapsing, both in number and quality.

Fewer discoveries. Lower grades. Higher extraction costs. This is happening precisely as AI, electrification, and grid expansion accelerate demand. Supply constraints in commodities do not announce themselves loudly. They build quietly, then show up violently in price.

The energy transition is a copper problem before it is anything else.