The AI infrastructure boom has helped drive copper prices to records. S&P Global predicts a yearslong period of rising demand. However, it also expects supply to be constrained through 2040. Copper ...

If copper is the new oil — as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts famously declared in 2022 because of its ability to conduct electricity — then trouble lies ahead, according to a new analysis by a team ...

The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought the exemption, emails show. The president exempted a copper smelter in ...

Consumers already battered by higher prices are about to feel another squeeze — and this one is coming from copper. Copper prices have surged past $12,000 per metric ton for the first time, setting a ...

Copper’s record-breaking 2025 has set up a tight but fragile market heading into 2026 as supply strains deepen, tariff fears distort trade flows and analysts flag long-term deficits. With only a few ...

Dec 19 - ‍Copper prices rose on Friday, as investors considered the potential for U.S. interest rate cuts next year following slower United States consumer inflation, while the impact of a possible ...

Copper prices have lately demonstrated renewed momentum and are heading into 2026 with stronger price expectations, supported by tightening global supply, lingering uncertainty around potential U.S.

ST. LOUIS — Copeland announced the launch of its transcritical CO2 scroll compressor with dynamic vapor injection (DVI) technology in North America. The Copeland transcritical CO2 scroll compressor is ...

Copper prices hovered below record highs on Wednesday, as investors braced for a possibly hawkish guidance from the U.S. Federal Reserve following its two-day policy meeting. The most traded copper ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. CEO and CIO of U.S. Global Investors Think about that for a second. A single AI data center that uses more copper than three ...

Copper continued its record-breaking rally on Monday amid stockpiling of the metal in the US, while China set domestic growth as its top economic priority for next year, boosting the demand outlook.

Satellite tracking and analysis firm Earth-i observes 40 percent of capacity operating rates at some copper smelting plants in China. Global secondary refined recycled-content production grew by 5.5 ...