Copper prices crossed the $12,000-a-ton mark for the first time, extending their recent rally, as mine disruptions heightened worries over the supply of the crucial industrial metal. The benchmark ...

Often strung from utility poles or buried beneath our feet, copper wire has played a critical role in powering America’s electrical grid for more than a century. But brazen thefts are threatening the ...

Copper continued its record-breaking rally on Monday amid stockpiling of the metal in the US, while China set domestic growth as its top economic priority for next year, boosting the demand outlook.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects a major copper deficit to emerge over the next decade, as demand for the metal rises sharply. Unless global mining for copper is expanded at an ...

Bloomberg reported on December 3 that copper prices have been rising in recent weeks, with a growing number of analysts and traders issuing warnings that, with large volumes of metal being shipped to ...

Copper has always been essential to modern industry, but in the mid-2020s it has quietly become one of the world’s most strategically contested resources. Demand is rising sharply from three ...

Copper rallied to a fresh record as a surge in orders to withdraw metal from London Metal Exchange warehouses compounded worries that potential US tariffs will fuel a global supply squeeze. Futures ...

Copper prices climbed to a fresh record on Wednesday, driven by persistent concerns over tightening global supply and large volumes of the metal being shipped into the U.S. due to fears of potential ...

Copper demand in China, long the world’s largest consumer of the industrial metal, is anticipated to slow following an expansionary period that has helped drive copper prices up to above $10,000 a ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has finalized its List of Critical Minerals for 2025, updating its 2022 list. The list of 60 minerals features 10 new minerals, including copper for the first time.

The United States has added copper and silver to an expanded list of critical minerals that it deems to be vital to America’s economy and national security. The new list, compiled by the US Geological ...

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, ...