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Miners at Saudi summit bullish on copper, bearish on globalisation

Copper was the darling of last week's Future Minerals Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as miners warned of the looming shortfall of the metal, which is essential for the widespread electrification being driven by the need to decarbonsise the world economy.

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"If I were a young man today, I would be getting into copper," Mark Bristow, CEO of Barrick Gold told the conference, which was attended by some of the world's biggest miners as well as government