Whether or not to invest in gold is a different debate, but there’s no denying that the metal that’s going to be the next big thing is copper. Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal, has, in fact, said that we are now entering the ‘New Copper Age’.

“Copper has a very close association with the advance of human civilisation, and our ancient India. Around 6,000 years ago, the Indus Valley Civilisation, one of the world's first great civilisations, came up in the Copper Age, when we learnt to use the red metal for the first time. I believe we are now entering a New Copper Age,” he said, adding that all the technologies of the future, including artificial intelligence or energy transition are all underwritten by massive amounts of copper. Advertisement

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