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Glencore Trader, Toby Spittle, joined a roundtable in Washington D.C. about Financing the Next Critical Minerals Frontier: AI and Advanced Innovation, hosted by the Hamm Institute for American Energy, Emerson Collective, Silverado Policy Accelerator, and Meridian International Center. As part of the panel titled Artificial Intelligence as a Strategic Driver for Critical Minerals, Toby weighed in on topics shaping the future of #criticalminerals and #AI infrastructure: ⚡ The scale of #copper demand driven by hyperscale data centres, grid expansion, and semiconductor manufacturing 📈 Whether AI-driven demand is already being reflected in long-term offtake agreements ♻️ The role of recycling and secondary supply in closing the gap between copper demand and primary supply 🤖 How AI is transforming recycling: from sorting and recovery rates to processing efficiency We were proud to be part of the conversation defining the critical minerals landscape for the AI era.