800,000 tons of mud probably just made electronics a little more expensive

Accident causes major copper mine to suspend operations, as commodity and share prices soar
In recent years technology buyers have endured hardware price rises due to a pandemic and its impact on supply chains, the global wave of inflation that followed, tariffs, and surging demand for AI technologies that allowed vendors to charge higher prices. Now, 800,000 tons of mud has pushed copper prices higher.…