An executive order calls for boosting the domestic industry by investigating the national security implications of imports ...

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 ...

Harmony Gold, South Africa’s biggest gold producer by volume, will fund the construction of a new Australian copper mine using its own cash, the miner said on Tuesday, as its earnings jumped on a ...

Opponents of new copper mines worry about pollution and the desecration of lands considered sacred by Indigenous peoples. MORENCI, Ariz. — The night crew returned to the motel parking lot just ...

(AP) — 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.

Canadian miner First Quantum's (FM.TO), opens new tab Cobre Panama mine, once the biggest and newest copper mine in the world, has been closed since 2023 after environmental protests and a court ...