BusinessWeek goes deep on copper in China

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a huge special section looking into China's role in the copper market and copper's role in China's growth. Under the title "China's Red Gold", the package uses articles, video and interactive graphics to explore China's ...
Nov. 5, 2010

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a huge special section looking into China's role in the copper market and copper's role in China's growth. Under the title "China's Red Gold", the package uses articles, video and interactive graphics to explore China's worldwide pursuit of copper reserves and how it's using all that copper to modernize and urbanize its infrastructure.

"China's consumption will almost double by the end of 2020 to account for 49 percent of world copper sales, according to CRU, a London-based mining and metals consulting firm."

This, to say the least, could make things very interesting for U.S. electrical manufacturers over the next decade.

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Doug Chandler, Senior Staff Writer

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Doug Chandler began writing about the electrical industry in 1992, and still finds there's never a shortage of stories to be told. So he spends his days finding them and telling them. Educationally, he's a Jayhawk with an English degree. Outside of work, he can often be found banging drums or harvesting tomatoes.