Arizona's copper industry is gearing up for a new wave of mining as rising demand and prices spur plans for new mines and ...

Heavy snow, rainfall and high winds in Chile have disrupted copper mining operations over the past week. The extreme weather comes amid a global copper squeeze, which saw the industrial metal hit an ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A worker at the Resolution Copper mine inspects an underground tunnel. As artificial ...

SALT LAKE CITY — On a windy Monday afternoon, a copper mine in southeastern Utah resumed production after resting dormant since 2024. Its reboot marks a significant step toward using artificial ...

In central Arizona, about 90 miles east of Phoenix, an old open-pit copper mine sits full of water. The mine closed in the 1980s, left to accumulate rain and groundwater. These “pit lakes,” as they’re ...

Deep-sea mining may still be in its infancy, but scientists and environmentalists are already raising the alarm about the risks. Seafloor massive sulfides that form around hydrothermic vents are rich ...

Plans are in the works to reopen the largest underground mine in Lyon County. Southwest Critical Minerals, a subsidiary of Kinterra Capital Corp., of Toronto, has been working to reopen the shuttered ...