A massive copper facility in Gujarat isn't getting the raw materials it needs. The plant, owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, was designed to process 500,000 tons annually. Cost? $1.2 billion.

But here's the problem: global copper ore supply is getting squeezed hard. The facility is operating way below capacity because the input materials just aren't flowing in.

This isn't just an isolated issue. When a plant this size can't secure adequate ore supplies, it signals deeper problems in commodity markets. Copper remains critical for everything from electrical infrastructure to renewable energy projects.

The supply crunch reflects broader tensions in raw material sourcing. Producers worldwide are competing for limited ore availability while demand stays elevated. Large-scale facilities like this one showcase how vulnerable even well-funded operations are to upstream supply disruptions.

For anyone tracking industrial metals markets, watching how this plays out matters. Supply bottlenecks at major smelters ripple through pricing and availability across entire sectors.

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GweiTooHigh

· 11-25 07:13

Damn, a copper plant worth $1.2 billion can't even afford food. This iron ore supply chain is really falling apart...

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TokenStorm

· 11-25 01:54

1.2 billion was invested, yet the capacity utilization rate is still less than 50%? This is the destructive power of the Supply Chain, the on-chain data can show it. Copper mine supply is completely blocked, even the likes of Adani can't withstand it, what does this indicate? The gas fee is going to da moon. From a technical perspective, this bottleneck will directly reflect on the price curve of metal futures, the Arbitrage space is not small but the risk factor is also at a ceiling level... I still went all in. Really, idle capacity is just waste, now we have to rely on on-chain transactions to hedge, but this fits my style of losing money. Is the Global supply chain so fragile? It feels like the next eye of the storm is about to arrive, everyone buckle up.

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