{"id":132102,"date":"2025-07-02T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132102"},"modified":"2025-07-02T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:00:14","slug":"is-this-the-copper-century-china-moves-to-shore-up-supplies-from-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132102","title":{"rendered":"Is this the copper century? China moves to shore up supplies from Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostLithium and cobalt may have dominated the rush for critical minerals for EV batteries, solar and defence systems, but now copper is emerging as a key element in the green energy transition.<br \/>\nRecognising this, China is strategically positioning itself to secure copper supplies, especially from Africa, investing heavily in mining and processing facilities.<br \/>\nWhile the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia have long been China\u2019s top destinations, Botswana is now also becoming a significant&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3316539\/copper-century-china-moves-shore-supplies-africa-new-energy-push?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostLithium and cobalt may have dominated the rush for critical minerals for EV batteries, solar and defence systems, but now copper is emerging as&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132102"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}