A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it

Re:A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it by thematrixturtle on Sunday July 31, 2022 @09:26PM (#32300772)

China's population will start shrinking around 2025, and there's a real estate bubble that's clearly starting to deflate right now.

Obviously China is still a poor country and there's a lot of housing stock being upgraded, so it's not going to be a complete collapse, but I do expect construction to slow down both in the short and long term.

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Re:A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it by missedthecue on Monday August 01, 2022 @02:34AM (#32302784)

China still has a lot of urbanization to do.

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Re:A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it by thematrixturtle on Monday August 01, 2022 @03:01AM (#32302935)

Depopulation hits the non-urbanized areas first, since the first thing young people in the countryside do is move to the big city. Much of China will never be urbanized.

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