Copper demand is rising in the U.S. and is set to double in the next 10 years. Mining executives say more mines need to open in order to meet the demand.

Rio Tinto has redrawn its plans for Australia’s next big copper-gold mine after the shock discovery of one of the world’s rarest birds within its project perimeter.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric stated in a late-night television address that 8 ... Escondida, the world’s largest copper ...

As the BLM opens the public comment period on Redhawk's Copper Creek project, community groups are organizing to protect to the Lower San Pedro River.

The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings dam that holds acidic waste from a copper mine in the north of the country collapsed, according to investigators from the Engineering Institution of ...

Piles of copper concentrate from a Canadian-owned mine closed by the Panama courts in 2023 sit on the shores of the Caribbean Sea and are now approved for export, to the dismay of environmentalists.

The Bingham Canyon Mine, also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine, in Utah. The order will focus on priority projects for minerals such as copper, uranium, potash and gold, among others.

The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings dam that holds acidic waste from a copper mine in the north of the country collapsed, according to investigators from the Engineering Institution of ...