Copper is starting to look less like a commodity and more like a security issue One of the more subtle but important shifts happening right now is how copper is being discussed at the policy level, especially in North America. There’s an upcoming hearing in the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee focused specifically on copper mining, covering things like permitting, domestic production, and supply chain security. That alone tells you the conversation is evolving beyond just pricing and demand cycles. When governments start framing a material as part of national security or infrastructure strategy, it tends to change incentives across the board. Projects that might have been viewed as purely economic suddenly gain strategic importance. For companies like NovаRed, even though they’re based in Canada, this kind of shift still matters.…