Copper Top Stories

Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Continuing price volatility with rare earths and copper, high costs, disputes over consultation and executive shakeups have some major projects facing uncertainty […]

Northern Miner Staff | December 4, 2025 | 1:02 pm

Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026

Continuing price volatility in critical minerals and rare earths, executive…

Northern Miner Staff | December 3, 2025 | 11:40 am

Infographic: Production milestones to watch in 2026

As 2025 comes to a close, The Northern Miner looks ahead to…

Blair McBride | November 28, 2025 | 2:02 pm

Freeport keeps Grasberg shut amid rescue operations

The company continues its efforts to rescue seven workers trapped…

Staff Writer | September 12, 2025 | 9:09 am

Infographic: Why most US copper is from the Southwest

Copper mining in the four southwestern states of Arizona, Nevada,…

Blair McBride | September 10, 2025 | 11:59 am

Newly discovered ‘strange metal’ could be key to lossless power grids, quantum computers

Researchers found strange metal behaviour in a material in which electrical charge is not carried by electrons.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 18, 2022 | 6:18 am

One community in southern Peru says it won’t disrupt Las Bambas operations

Representatives of MMG Ltd’s Las Bambas, the Peruvian Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the Presidency of the Ministers’ […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 16, 2022 | 11:49 am

Copper-based artificial photosynthesis device advances research into solar fuels

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new copper-based artificial photosynthesis device with remarkable stability and longevity as it […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 10, 2022 | 6:07 am

Capstone files tech reports for Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde in Chile

Following the merger announced at the end of November 2021 of Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) and Chilean miner Mantos Copper, Capstone has […]

Marilyn Scales | January 6, 2022 | 7:36 am

Clean Air Metals expands high grade zone at Thunder Bay North

On the heels of a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Thunder Bay North PGE-copper-nickel project, released in December, Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR) has reported more encouraging […]

Alisha Hiyate | January 5, 2022 | 11:10 am

Torr Metals, Tahltan government sign Latham copper-gold agreement

Torr Metals (TSXV: TMET) and the Tahltan Central Government have signed a communications and engagement agreement with respect to the company’s 100%-owned […]

Marilyn Scales | January 5, 2022 | 10:37 am