Copper mines becoming more capital-intensive and costly …
Recall that when copper mines were being commissioned a decade ago, the capital intensity for new copper projects was about $10,000/t. The average monthly copper price per tonne topped out in 2011 at $8,828/t. In other words, despite a record-high copper price that year, the capex cost to mine a tonne of copper exceeded the price received.
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