The high and rising price of copper is behind a rising tide of corporate deals in the mining industry and the focus of three ...

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX and Southern Copper Corporation SCCO are two heavyweights in the copper mining industry. Both ...

Shares of Jiangxi Copper rose Monday after the Chinese miner's $1 billion bid to take over U.K.-listed SolGold was rejected. Jiangxi's Hong Kong-listed shares rose as much as 12% in early trade before ...

In the midst of a bleak economy and big losses in construction jobs, Arizona's copper star is shining brightly. Employment in the state's copper industry increased 25 percent last year, according to ...

China’s top copper smelters will cut production by over 10% in 2026, to counter overcapacity in the industry that has led to ...

Two global mining giants are evaluating a joint venture in Sudbury, Ont., that could lead to a US$2-billion copper project ...

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released a comprehensive report evaluating the sector's role in the country's economy and providing an outlook. The report, titled The Mining Story—Canadian ...

Global smelting capacity is expanding faster than mined supply, led by China, creating a persistent tightness in concentrate ...

Copper prices are on the rise due to supply issues, primarily stemming from a production stoppage at the Grasberg mine in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest copper producers. That scenario should ...

The weak economy in the second half of 2011 wasn’t exactly welcomed news for those in the copper industry. Prices for the red metal slumped from just under $4.5/lb. in late July to just over $3.0/lb.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (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.