We have millions of cars, planes, rebar, jewelry, bullets, boats, phones, wires, etc. How is there still metal being made? Are we projected to run out anytime soon?
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The only issue we reasonably face is the consumption of copper vs the production capacity. Not the reserves of ore, there’s reasonably decades of known deposits. But the smelting capacity is what limits production. A new copper smelter is an incredibly expensive thing to build and repays the investment very slowly. I know there was some concern at the log rhythmical growth in demand from BRICs economies causing a squeeze at some point.
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