Copper smelters are now so desperate to find raw material they are paying miners for converting their concentrates into refined metal.

Discover the fascinating process of alchemy and the art of breathing soul into a copper sheet. What begins as a simple, flat sheet of copper is transformed into a living, breathing creation through ...

Producers of metals and other raw materials were flat after mixed earnings from the ... as the company seeks to invest more in a global copper rush. Copper's critical importance to a worldwide ...

Producers of metals and other raw materials were little changed ahead ... but hovered near all-time highs. Copper futures received a lfit from Chinese data. The Caixin manufacturing purchasing ...

The release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement marks one of the final steps toward transferring Oak Flat to ...

The opponents of Resolution Copper's plans for a massive mine on land sacred to Apache tribal members have a two-month ...

But if the government blasts Oak Flat to oblivion ... make the case that it is in dire need of copper; for decades, it was considered an abundant material. Now, largely due to its use in the ...

Multinational mining conglomerate Rio Tinto intends to carve a massive copper mine into Oak Flat’s rolling hills. The mine would use a new technique to excavate the ore body 7,000 feet underground.

The struggle over Oak Flat’s future has been going on ... Critics surmise that Resolution Copper will likely send raw material to China, where the world’s largest copper refineries exist.

Colorized scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) image showing a Cu3Li precipitate in the Cu-Ta-Li alloy. The orange-colored features are primarily Cu atoms in the alloy matrix, while ...