Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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The copper market has recently been showing unusual instability. New EU legislation, though not always directly related, seems to be having a significant impact on copper prices. This is the case for the Chips Act and the Critical Raw Materials Act – designed to make EU industry more resilient by improving strategic autonomy – but also for laws concerning energy, artificial intelligence and digitalisation. New factors, including looming shortages in strategic raw materials – such as copper – may strongly influence political action.

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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2024/762870/EPRS_ATA(2024)762870_EN.pdf

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