Supply disruptions and the rosy demand outlook have kept copper prices on the boil this year. Some of the world’s biggest mines are experiencing production setbacks. The shutdown of Grasberg could ...

SANTIAGO, - Workers at BHP's Escondida mine in Chile began a strike Tuesday morning after pay negotiations with management fell apart, setting the stage for a potential hit to production at the ...

Codelco, Chile's state-owned mining company and the world's largest copper producer, is facing mounting scrutiny after ...

The global copper market enjoyed one of its best years in 2025. The threat of US tariffs on the industrial metal and […] ...

The status of one of the world’s most important copper mines remains clouded in uncertainty, more than a week after seismic activity caused widespread flooding deep below ground. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.’s ...

Copper is trading at an all-time high of $6.44 a pound and could go a lot higher as the effects of a supply squeeze and the Iran war are supercharged by stockpiling and mine closures. Biggest winners ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Workers at BHP Billiton's Escondida mine in Chile, the world's biggest copper mine, have voted to reject a company wage offer and go on strike, the union told Reuters in the early ...

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Glencore ‌said on Thursday ‌it was in early talks to be acquired by ‍Rio Tinto,, a combination that would ⁠create the world’s largest mining company and have major implications for ...

Jan 22 (Reuters) - Copper miner Freeport-McMoRan reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit ‌on Thursday, as higher copper and gold ‌prices offset a production drop after an accident at ...