The future of copper mining lies in urban mining. AI-driven scrap sorting leads the way. Cities become key material sources. Efficient recycling networks emerge. Waste shrinks. Recovery rates climb.

SANTIAGO, - Aurubis will be ramping up its copper recycling smelter in the U.S. this year, the German company's CEO Toralf Haag told Reuters on Wednesday, adding Aurubis sees more potential for ...

Rifkin says on Friday alone the price of copper dropped 40 cents per pound, an 8 percent decrease. Meanwhile, Aluminum has ...