MONTREAL (AP) — In an industrial suburb of Montreal, sheets of copper move along a conveyor belt suspended four stories above the floor of a foundry — a metals plant — until they drop into a lava-hot ...

Report from the World Resources Institute portrays the pivotal role of copper recycling in the global alternative energy effort. The WRI says shortening the currently lengthy journeys in recycling ...

Copper is a strategic metal essential to modern economies. However, its future supply is increasingly uncertain due to declining ore grades and surging global demand. In a new study published in ...

Global copper demand is expected to grow 70% by 2050, driven by energy transition and digital infrastructure. Aging copper mines and complex new projects threaten supply despite recycling potentially ...

As the U.S. federal government raises the “critical” profile of copper, its gaze seems cast toward mining and primary production, John Gross says. Despite restricting certain types of scrap imports, ...

A task force appointed to strengthen the city’s regulations for metal and automotive recycling plants is on hold because too ...