CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking a step toward granting the U.S. mining industry’s biggest wishes by ...

A groundbreaking initiative based in London is working to revolutionize copper mining, aiming to meet this demand while ...

(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.

The U.S. mined about 1.1 million tons of copper in 2024, which is less than the demand in a year. Some of that copper is refined overseas.

5-year copper price. Source: Kitco The largest mining company in the world expects that by 2050 the energy transition sector will represent 23% of copper demand compared to the current 7%.