AI Has a Precious Metals Problem!

AI is driving extraordinary demand for data centers, chips, power infrastructure, and electrification, but do we have enough copper to support what’s coming?

In this conversation from the IPMI 50th Annual Conference, Mohammad Doostmohammadi, Founder and CEO of PH7 Technologies, breaks down the growing pressure on global copper supply, why declining ore grades matter, and how new processing technologies could help close the gap. We also explore the overlooked importance of platinum group metals, including platinum, palladium, rhodium, and iridium; and why these rare materials are essential to everything from catalytic converters and electronics to hydrogen, petroleum refining, glass manufacturing, and everyday vehicles. The technologies of the future depend on metals most people rarely think about.

This conversation explains why supply, recovery, and recycling will matter more than ever.