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Copper cathode sheets ready for export by truck at the Etoile open-pit copper mine, operated by Chemaf Sarl, in Katanga province near Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Lucien Kahozi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
COPPER

Higher prices, demand revs up copper mining in Africa

Electrification of the global economy has created fresh demand for the ‘red metal’, pushing the price of copper to a 10-year high

  • Conrad Onyango
4 min read