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Commodity prices: current highs are not sustainable

Commodity prices are now unsustainably high. We expect supply to continue to rise rapidly, since rising prices have greatly increased producers’ profitability. Mineral reserves are more than adequate, and investment in new capacity has already risen sharply.

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