A 30-Mile Traffic Jam Shows the Swelling Demand for EV Metals
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For truckers, transporting copper out of Africa and into the hands of tech-hungry buyers means a week sitting in one of the world’s longest traffic jams. The region around the border of Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia accounted for more than 80% of global copper output growth over the past three years. But Africa’s metals are no good to anyone if they can’t get out.