Europe needs to act now on its metals vulnerability

Europe faces an uncomfortable truth. Having largely solved its dependency on Russian gas, it now faces the same vulnerability in metals supply chains.

This opinion piece by Trafigura CEO Richard Holtum was originally published by the Financial Times on 17 November 2025.

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