The biggest merger in mining is back on the table, with Rio Tinto and Glencore back in talks on a tie-up to create a copper ...

The IEA warns that global copper demand could exceed supply by up to 30% by 2035, driven by electrification, AI expansion, and clean energy deployment. China’s surge in refined copper output and ...

Still Bright hopes its chemical process could help replace polluting copper smelters. Demand for copper is surging, as is pollution from its dirty production processes. The founders of one startup, ...

China’s commodities purchases broadly turned higher in September as buyers stocked up to meet the usual rise in industrial demand during the autumn months. Imports of iron ore, copper metal and coal ...

From a viewpoint at about 6,190 feet above sea level, a giant hole in the Oquirrh Mountains stretches two and a half miles wide and ¾ of a mile deep. Trucks with tires bigger than a sedan look like ...

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) is selling unexpectedly large volumes of copper ore following an outage at a plant it owns in Indonesia, bringing short-term relief to smelters that have faced a historic ...

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. is selling unexpectedly large volumes of copper ore following an outage at a plant it owns in Indonesia, bringing short-term relief to smelters who’ve faced a historic squeeze on ...

China 2025 refined copper output growth estimated at 7.5%-12% Increase will take China's share of global output to nearly 60% Analysts revise up forecasts for China's copper demand BEIJING, Aug 1 ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's refined copper output is set to hit a record high in 2025, analysts say, as its giant smelting sector powers through a global shortage of copper ore that is forcing some ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped tariffs of up to 50 percent on certain copper imports and signaled that more duties may be on the way. The president signed a proclamation that imposes ...

The president stopped short of putting a 50 percent tariff on refined copper, as he had threatened earlier this year. The market reaction was swift anyway and prices tumbled. By Ana Swanson Ana ...

1. On June 30, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effects of imports of copper in all forms (copper), including copper ores, copper ...