The United States has the resources necessary to compete with China for mastery over copper mining and refining.

Copper smelting - a critical process in metal production - often generates slag, which contains valuable metals. This slag has historically been thrown away, causing harm to the environment and ...

At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a reactor the size of a small watermelon. Here, scientists with the mining technology startup Still Bright are using a ...

Copper is a strategic metal essential to modern economies. However, its future supply is increasingly uncertain due to declining ore grades and surging global demand. In a new study published in ...

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. (TSX:ASCU | OTCQX:ASCUF) (“ASCU” or the “Company”) an emerging US-based copper developer, announces results from 12 ...

JERUSALEM, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Arava Mines, a unit of Mexican steel firm Altos Hornos de Mexico SA , has been persuaded to resume copper extraction in southern Israel by a 140 million shekel ($37 ...

When analysts discuss mining and resource extraction, copper tends to receive less attention due to its less obvious applications and importance to several industries. But with the way several ...

Copper stands at the center of many of humanity’s greatest modern challenges as a critical mineral needed to power renewable energy and electric vehicles. This role is nothing new for copper—for ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...