America needs to get serious about copper. Our nation mines copper but ships it to China for processing, a supply chain failure that has become a national security vulnerability, because copper is ...

It reveals something the mining industry has been slow to acknowledge: sulfur is not waste. It is one of the most ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US has access to more than enough raw copper to meet domestic demand, according to new research on the ...

Copper is not making headlines the way gold or oil are right now. But underneath the surface, a structural shift is building ...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials Corporation is considering “scaling down” copper concentrate processing at its Onahama Smelting and Refining facility in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. This initiative ...

Induction Copper Melters: The Future of Clean, Efficient, and High-Purity Copper Processing CA, UNITED STATES, January 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — As global ...

HANOI/BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - Fees to process copper concentrate in China, which have plummeted to their lowest level in over a decade due to short supply, could recover in the second quarter ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan, Spain and South Korea issued a rare joint statement on Wednesday expressing deep concerns over tumbling copper treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs), warning both smelters ...

Australia is home to some of the world’s largest copper reserves, with the US Geological Survey (USGS) reporting that the country houses some 100 million tonnes (mt) of the mineral (just over 10% of ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered evidence of a high-altitude copper processing site in the Pyrenees used for over 4,000 years. Excavations revealed nearly 200 malachite fragments, fireplaces, ...

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Some Chinese smelters have agreed to process copper from Chilean miner Antofagasta for no charge, a record low for the industry, but the outcome was better than expected ...

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