It is the key ingredient of bronze, the alloy that helped create some of the world’s greatest civilizations and took humanity ...

Fifty minerals, but not copper, are considered critical by the U.S. Geological Survey. Adding that metal would help Freeport ...

The U.S. mined about 1.1 million tons of copper in 2024, which is less than the demand in a year. Some of that copper is ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking a step toward granting the U.S. mining industry’s biggest wishes by ...

Scientists are pioneering geothermal brine and bacterial mining to extract copper sustainably and reduce environmental damage ...

Panama’s President said his government is exploring “novel ideas” on handling First Quantum Minerals Ltd.’s giant copper mine ...

Home to the world’s second largest copper reserves and the eighth largest copper producer globally in 2024, Australia holds ...

"American industries depend on copper, and it should be made in America, no exemptions, no exceptions," Commerce Secretary ...

Miners and recyclers helped meet healthy copper demand last year, but price volatility seems poised to remain an issue.

Indonesia is considering raising royalties paid by mining companies such as coal, nickel, copper, gold and tin, its mining ministry said in a public consultation event over the weekend.

President Donald Trump is taking a step toward granting the U.S. mining industry’s biggest wishes by singling out one metal as a focus of his domestic minerals policy: copper. From talk of ...