CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking a step toward granting the U.S. mining industry’s biggest wishes by ...
The U.S. mined about 1.1 million tons of copper in 2024, which is less than the demand in a year. Some of that copper is ...
President Donald Trump is taking a step toward granting the U.S. mining industry’s biggest wishes by singling out one metal as a focus of his domestic minerals policy: copper. From talk of ...
Morenci also uses 1,500 contract workers. The mine has produced more than 43 billion pounds of copper since converting from underground to pit mining in 1937 and is estimated to hold at least 13 ...