Please join us on Capitol Hill for an in-person Critical Minerals Working Group briefing featuring Dan Yergin and Carlos Pascual. The session will highlight the release of S&P’s study, Copper in the Age of AI: Challenges of Electrification. This important new study analyzes the global outlook for copper supply and demand through 2040, focusing on copper’s essential role in meeting the growing requirements of electrification, digitalization, and technologies such as AI, data centers, electric vehicles, and defense.

The challenge ahead is that the accelerating pace of electrification now exceeds the pace at which copper supply is set to grow. As a result, the unprecedented increase in demand for electricity confronts a sobering reality: a potential 10 million metric ton supply shortfall — 25% below projected demand — that threatens to constrain global technological advancement.

The event will be held in the Capitol Visitor Center (HVC‑201) and is in‑person only; there will be no virtual option available.

Please contact Ruth Demeter at rdemeter@uschamber.com if you have any questions.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)   Capitol Visitor Center (HVC-201)