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Wealthion · Thursday, August 13, 2026

Copper Supply Deficit Looming, Steven Enders Warns

Steven Enders, an expert in exploration and production, projects a significant deficit in copper supply by 2050, stating that current and planned projects will be insufficient to meet demand. He suggests that the market may need to rely on price increases or potentially substitution, though he believes copper is a superior metal.

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And it doesn't really make a difference which forecast you look at. The demand for copper say out to 2050 is more than we can supply with what we currently have.
Steven Enders
So there's a big gap there. And I'm not exactly sure what's going to break.
Steven Enders
I'm a huge bull on on copper from a a demand perspective, a price perspective.
Steven Enders
Heard on Wealthion — “Soft Jobs. Hard Talent: Mining’s Hidden Bottleneck | Steven Enders, published Thursday, August 13, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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