I'm not familiar with the situation and so was curious about the assertions of scale increases in the article, and disappointed in the lack of citations.
Sounds like a tough situation, although I remain skeptical about how much of it is due directly to AI as the author is trying to assert versus other growth technologies.
Here are a few resources I found on the subject:
- https://www.mining.com/copper-industry-needs-to-invest-2-1-t...
- https://cilive.com/commodities/metals-mining/news-and-insigh...
- https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chiles-copper-mi...
Sounds like a tough situation, although I remain skeptical about how much of it is due directly to AI as the author is trying to assert versus other growth technologies.