TOKYO -- Japan's trading companies look to expand their global copper mining operations in anticipation of growing demand for the metal used in electric vehicles and wind power as the best deposits become scarce.
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Global scramble for copper spurs Marubeni, Mitsubishi to dig deep
Japanese trading houses expand mining as EVs and wind turbines boost demand
Workers look out over an open pit copper mine in Antofagasta, Chile.
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