INTERVIEW: ERG’s Sobotka says metals prices on rising trend until recycling takes off in 15 years

Metals prices may continue on a rising trend for around 15 years, because the recycling needs to supplement primary supplies will kick in on a major scale only at that time, Benedikt Sobotka, CEO of diversified miner Eurasian Resources Group, told S&P Global Platts in an interview. Energy transition is a driving trend “with all the ingredients of a new…