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

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 ...

Opponents of new copper mines worry about pollution and the desecration of lands considered sacred by Indigenous peoples. MORENCI, Ariz. — The night crew returned to the motel parking lot just ...

(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.

Canadian miner First Quantum's (FM.TO), opens new tab Cobre Panama mine, once the biggest and newest copper mine in the world, has been closed since 2023 after environmental protests and a court ...