TOKYO -- Japanese trading group Mitsubishi Corp. will participate in the development of a new copper mine in Chile by investing in a Canadian mining company, as demand grows for the metal critical to electric vehicles and offshore wind farms.
Japan's trading houses expand efforts to tap EV resource demand

Mineral exploration is conducted at the Marimaca copper mine in Chile ahead of development.
TOKYO -- Japanese trading group Mitsubishi Corp. will participate in the development of a new copper mine in Chile by investing in a Canadian mining company, as demand grows for the metal critical to electric vehicles and offshore wind farms.