International. Winds of crisis and increases in products of mining origin have been observed for some time as a result of years of low investments in infrastructure and mineral exploration, added to these drawbacks are also the shortage in equipment, in specialized labor, financial difficulties, among other factors that have put the sector at risk.
All this, not to mention the advent of growing global energy shortages and an uncertainty in the supply of water, important elements for the production of metals. High prices are expected to continue for a period of 10 years, as stated by a study by Morgan Stanley's Commodity Research Division.