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 ...

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

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.