The Latest Breaking News from copper

At this point, the so-called TACO trade has become a well-worn meme. A pejorative that stands for "Trump Always Chickens Out," it describes the tendency of President Donald Trump to first issue a stern warning, then later walk back his own threats. This time around, Southern Copper Corp (NYSE:SCCO) has…

Rescue teams in Chile searched Friday for five miners trapped after a partial collapse triggered by a tremor killed one colleague and halted operations at the world's largest underground copper mine.

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.

The ASX200 has fallen 0.16 per cent as copper prices plummeted following a surprise tariff decision by President Donald Trump's White House.

A delegation is visiting Canberra to plead for a bailout for the copper industry to prevent an "economic death spiral" in north Queensland.