Private capital favours investing in #Copper over #Gold for first time
#Copper overtook gold as the most attractive commodity in 2017, with $1.6 billion in deals representing just shy of 70% of all money flowing into the sector. #Battery metals such as #Lithium, #Cobalt (which is mined as a by-product of #Copper and #Nickel), #Vanadium and #Graphite attracted $175 million from private equity investors according to the report by Bloomberg.
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