Michigan's 2026 budget cuts money for local infrastructure upgrades that would have aided development of controversial Lake Superior mine.

Metals analysts are cutting their estimates of global copper supplies for this year and next after an accident at the giant Grasberg mine dramatically tightened the outlook for the market.

Orion Minerals’ Prieska copper/zinc mine, in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape, has received a prospective financing and offtake uplift through the signing of a non-binding term sheet with a ...

“Microbes are the world’s oldest miners,” says Liz Dennett, founder and CEO of the start-up Endolith Mining, based near Denver, Colo. “They’ve had billions of years to become incredibly good at eating ...

Copper headed for the biggest weekly advance since April, with prices climbing closer to a record set last year as supply disruptions, a weaker US dollar and optimism about demand support gains.

At the northern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert sits a pile of rocks that’s so big that you can see it from space—and it’s teeming with invisible activity. Billions of microbes are hard at work ...

A major supply shock could take close to 600,000t of copper metal out of the global market, presenting an opportunity for these ASX players.

Electric Vehicles: EVs require 2-3 times more copper than conventional vehicles, with the International Copper Study Group projecting global demand to reach 33 million tons by 2035 and 37 million tons ...

UBS upgraded FCX to "buy" from "neutral" Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) stock is up 1.2% to trade at $39.33 at last glance, after the gold and copper miner received an upgrade from UBS to "buy" from ...

The Trump administration is moving rapidly to approve a mine next to the Boundary Waters that many fear will pollute the pristine wilderness area.

The most critical issue facing global mining companies beyond 2025 is the surge in demand for energy transition minerals—such as copper, lithium, and nickel—against a backdrop of supply chain stress, ...

Copper futures have surged above $10,500 a ton due to supply disruptions, increased demand from AI data centers, and grid upgrades, leading analysts to predict a bullish future for the industrial ...