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CERAWEEK: US needs more than ‘lip service’ on permitting to boost copper output: Freeport CEO

March 21, 2024 Comments Off

The US must go beyond talking about changes to permitting if it wants to meet an expected shortage of copper needed for an energy transition, Richard Adkerson, chairman and CEO of US copper producer Freeport-McMoRan, said at the CERAWeek by S&P Global industry conference. As demand ramps up from electrification and energy transition technologies, copper supplies are expected to be…