Mining executives view higher demand for the metal as an opportunity for the industry to improve its image.

For Freeport, the jump in copper prices is creating “a magical time” given it’s coinciding with the ramp-up of its Grasberg mine in Indonesia.

The company believes price of the red metal is likely to hover at $3 or more per pound.

London copper hit near 10-year highs this week on some near-term supply tightness.

The farm-in and joint-venture deal is with Agrimin's 40%-owned unit Tali Resources Pty, and does not include any of Agrimin's tenements.

The United States has this month slapped anti-dumping duties on imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from 18 countries.

The price of the metal stands at $53,000 per tonne, up 65% this year and around its highest since December 2018.

Golden Dawn Minerals has completed a helicopter-borne VTEM and magnetics survey over the old Phoenix copper mine at its Greenwood precious metals project in BC.