The Milford Mining Company is expanding its operations to increase its production capacity to help meet the growing global demand for copper. The effort will create more than 1,000 new jobs and invest ...

Some of the legislation before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is contentious despite bipartisan support.

Copper demand is rising in the U.S. and is set to double in the next 10 years. Mining executives say more mines need to open ...

Kennecott Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine has produced more copper than any mine in history — about 19 million tons and is the largest open-pit mine in the world. You could lay the soccer ...

Copper may be even more crucial ... especially large-scale open pit mines like in Arizona, like here in Nevada, like Utah,” he says. Stuart Burgess, chairman and co-founder of Sandy, Utah ...

Redhawk Copper wants to mine extra copper from an area near the San Pedro River, a project that would include six open pit mines and operate for 32 years. One of the areas that could be affected is ...