Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - An aerial view of a sump at the Cobre Panama copper open-pit mine during a press tour of the mine, owned by Canada's First ...

A dormant Utah copper mine has reopened as the world’s first autonomous mining operation, using AI and robotics supplement a human labor shortage.

Vowing to redistribute wealth to Peru’s rural communities, Roberto Sánchez plans to review tax contracts with major mining companies.

Copper is trading at an all-time high of $6.44 a pound and could go a lot higher as the effects of a supply squeeze and the ...

FILE - An aerial view of a sump at the Cobre Panama copper open-pit mine during a press tour of the mine, owned by Canada's First Quantum Minerals, in Donoso, Panama ...