BHP wants to up production to meet the green energy demand, since windmills and solar panels use an inordinate amount of copper. This isn’t really talked about when discussing the bull or bear case of copper. But green energy initiatives being pushed worldwide is a boon for producers of copper.
If this comes to fruition, massive copper shortages by 2013 thanks to fucking windmills, the shares of FCX and BHP will be significantly higher.
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Generational buy at that FCX low.