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Interview: mining in a banking crisis

IGTV caught up with John Meyer from SP Angel who spoke on how copper, nickel, and other metals continue to show that there are areas of resilience as the banking crisis continues.

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1In the case of all DFBs, there is a fixed expiry at some point in the future.

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