The world is grappling with a massive copper shortage that's intensifying rapidly, driven by surging demand from AI data centers amid shrinking supplies. Projections show global copper demand could ...

Three tall thin vials contain colored solutions. The solutions are pale yellow, green, and burgundy, from left to right. Copper gets the sandwich treatment in these three colorful complexes. Credit: ...

Is a copper supply crisis imminent? Will it turn bullish and rally like silver, which surged by over 150% in the calendar year 2025? Although copper is the most abundant metal found in the Earth’s ...

Don’t panic. The world hasn’t run out of copper, despite the many warnings of imminent shortfall that have accompanied its rally to all-time highs. Indeed, the amount of copper held by the world’s big ...

Copper futures gained 41% in 2025, driven by demand forecasts and policy uncertainties. S&P Global projects copper demand will reach 42 million metric tons by 2040, up 50% from current levels, driven ...

BHP’s copper division has overtaken iron ore as the mining giant’s biggest earner for the first time, crystallising chief executive Mike Henry’s six-year mission to pivot towards metals critical to ...