The Latest Breaking News from copper

The director of Chile’s El Teniente copper mine says the bodies of four out of five miners who had been trapped in a collapsed section of the mine since Thursday have been found

Rescue teams have found a body inside a section of a Chilean copper mine that collapsed during a moderate earthquake

Commodity prices turned in mixed results in July 2025. Lower liquidity during the summer could have contributed to extreme volatility in the copper market. A strong dollar and lower US government bond prices were not bullish for the commodities asset class.

The federal government has not ruled out any support measures as it calls on a mining giant to step up and save a copper smelter in regional Australia.

The U.S. tariffs have caused COMEX copper prices to experience extreme price variance over the past months, leading to new record highs. Meanwhile, three-month LME copper forwards have not challenged their Q2 2024 all-time price peak. While the U.S. futures have been far more volatile than the U.K. forwards, fundamentals…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that there would be a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico after a call with that country’s leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, as the 25% tariff rates stay in place

Just when the copper code had been cracked by traders (or so they thought), President Donald Trump‘s tariff surprise slammed copper prices, and in turn copper ETFs, into a loss spiral, resulting in a path of losses, confusion, and a storage facility full of losing wagers.

As Trump goes back and forth about tariffs, businesses across the world brace themselves for impact.

Copper prices plunged nearly 20% on Wednesday after President Donald Trump surprised markets by excluding refined copper from a sweeping 50% import tariff, abruptly ending a months-long rally fueled by fears of broad trade restrictions.