VanEck Renames Green Metals ETF to Reflect Copper Role in Global Electrification and AI -Driven Infrastructure
VanEck Copper and Green Metals ETF (EMET) offers exposure to copper and green metals essential to global electrification, AI-driven data center buildouts and modern technology infrastructure.
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–VanEck today announced that the VanEck Green Metals ETF (GMET) has been renamed the VanEck Copper and Green Metals ETF (EMET), effective February 13, 2026. The name change is intended to more accurately reflect the fund’s underlying exposures, particularly its meaningful allocation to copper alongside other metals essential to global electrification and infrastructure development. The fund’s index, investment objective, portfolio holdings, and management team remain unchanged.
“Copper is indispensable. This name change aligns the fund’s identity with where capital is being deployed and where long-term structural demand is building.” Charl Malan, Senior Analyst of Global Resources at VanEck.Share
Copper has long been integral to the fund’s investment thesis. As global electrification accelerates, spanning power grids, electric vehicles, renewable energy, data center buildouts to meet AI demand and more, copper’s unmatched electrical conductivity, durability and efficiency position it at the center of this transformation. The updated name is designed to clearly communicate copper’s role within the portfolio and the electrification value chain.
“Electrification is ultimately a materials story, and copper sits at the heart of it,” said Charl Malan, Senior Analyst of Global Resources at VanEck. “From grid expansion and renewable energy to electric vehicles and data centers, copper is indispensable. This name change aligns the fund’s identity with where capital is being deployed and where long-term structural demand is building.”
EMET provides exposure to companies involved in the production and development of copper and other metals that support electrification, clean energy, and modern infrastructure. The fund seeks to capture the long-term growth potential of materials essential to a more electric, automated, and data-driven global economy.
Brandon Rakszawski VP, Director of Product Management, at VanEck, said:
EMET offers investors a targeted way to access the materials backbone of electrification,
“By highlighting copper alongside other critical green metals, the fund’s updated name reflects the drivers shaping infrastructure investment today and into the future.”
VanEck brings decades of experience in natural resources equity investing. The firm launched the International Investors Gold Fund (INIVX), the first gold-focused mutual fund in the US in 1968, and later introduced the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX), now one of the most widely recognized gold equity ETFs. This long history of leadership in precious metals and natural resources underpins VanEck’s approach to identifying and providing access to long-term structural themes.
Visit the VanEck Copper and Green Metals ETF (EMET) fund page for more information including portfolio holdings and manager commentary. The VanEck team provides regular updates and insights on investing in natural resources on its website.
READ the latest news shaping the data centre market at Data Centre Central
VanEck Renames Green Metals ETF to Reflect Copper Role in Global Electrification and AI -Driven Infrastructure, source
