In the high Andes of Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, you can still find the vicuña, a shy, elusive camelid, revered by ...

Heavy snow, rainfall and high winds in Chile have disrupted copper mining operations over the past week. The extreme weather comes amid a global copper squeeze, which saw the industrial metal hit an ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A worker at the Resolution Copper mine inspects an underground tunnel. As artificial ...

HOUSTON, March 24 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto (RIO.L), opens new tab aims to open Arizona's Resolution Copper mine by the mid-2030s but may need to export some of its copper concentrate due to the ...

In central Arizona, about 90 miles east of Phoenix, an old open-pit copper mine sits full of water. The mine closed in the 1980s, left to accumulate rain and groundwater. These “pit lakes,” as they’re ...

SALT LAKE CITY — On a windy Monday afternoon, a copper mine in southeastern Utah resumed production after resting dormant since 2024. Its reboot marks a significant step toward using artificial ...

A Canadian mining company has resurrected plans for a copper, gold and silver mine located just outside the Opal Creek Wilderness and about 10 miles northwest of Detroit, the Statesman Journal has ...

Plans are in the works to reopen the largest underground mine in Lyon County. Southwest Critical Minerals, a subsidiary of Kinterra Capital Corp., of Toronto, has been working to reopen the shuttered ...

The Viscaria copper mine, which is located in Kiruna municipality, one of the world's leading mining regions, was closed in 1997 due to declining demand but will be reopening with the rapid increase ...

LANSING, MI – A controversial Upper Peninsula copper mine finally secured state funding after previous attempts failed in the past two years. The Michigan Strategic Fund awarded $50 million on Tuesday ...