Now there's a thought experiment
https://www.mining.com/copper-prices-could-surge-to-40000-predicts-hedge-fund-manager-pierre-andurand/?utm_source=Daily_Digest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MNG-DIGESTS&utm_content=copper-prices-could-surge-to-40000-predicts-hedge-fund-manager-pierre-andurandI’m not saying it will stay there indefinitely; eventually, we will get a supply response, but that supply response will take more than five years.”
In another bullish analysis, Jeff Currie, former Goldman Sachs executive and more recently chief strategy officer of energy pathways at asset manager Carlyle, toldBloombergin an interview last week that copper “is the highest conviction trade I have ever seen.”
Currie sees copper prices reaching $15,000 a tonne ($6.80/lb).
The demand for copper in the transport sector alone is projected to increase by 11.1 times by 2050, compared to 2022. Electric vehicles, for example, can contain more than a mile of copper wiring.
Additionally, the demand for copper needed to expand the global electricity grid is projected to increase by 4.8 times by 2050, compared to 2022.
By 2030, the copper supply gap isprojectedto approach 10 million tonnes, according to BloombergNEF estimates.
