Demand and prices are soaring for minerals essential to the construction of low-carbon infrastructureThe commodities boom ignited by China's post-Covid recovery, and stoked by the global move to green energy, broke price records last week even as fears about inflation stalked the markets. But it also risks triggering a rush on metals and minerals that could derail climate action.Iron ore reached the apex of a super-rally that drove prices to $237.57 a tonne in New York on Wednesday. The record followed a surge in demand from China's steel-making regions, now recovering after the pandemic, which has pushed prices up from less than $94 this time last year. Continue reading...
Record metals boom may threaten transition to green energy
15. května 2021 17:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/15/record-metals-boom-may-threaten-transition-to-green-energy
Zdroj: The Guardian