Copper's electric future could catch miners off guard

This year's World Copper Conference was brought to you by the letters E and V. Standing for Electric Vehicles, of course.

Tom Azzopardi in Santiago

Lithium and, more recently, cobalt have caught the attention of investors looking for exposure to the rush to electrify the world's transport system. But copper may be the commodity which benefits most from the slow death of the internal combustion engine.