New Technologies are Amplifying Demand for New Materials
New technologies are changing the world at a fast pace, and with every big invention comes a new need for special materials. Today, generative AI is the technology gaining the most attention. It is used for writing, creating images, analyzing information, and helping people work faster. But behind all the excitement, there is a quiet but growing issue: AI and other modern inventions depend on minerals and materials that are not easy to find. This pattern is not new. Earlier technologies followed the same path. When the first cars were introduced in the early 1900s, only a few people owned…