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Track the pulse of the global copper industry with Skillings. This category brings you authoritative reporting on copper mining projects, exploration updates, pricing shifts, smelting developments, and infrastructure demand. As a critical metal for electrification, EVs, and clean energy grids, copper’s role in the green economy is expanding fast—Skillings keeps you informed, competitive, and ahead of market trends.
The global transition to a low-carbon economy has long been predicated on the steady, affordable flow of copper. However, a new and unsettling variable has entered…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2026 on July 16, 2026, sending a clear signal to global markets: the era of…
The global copper market in July 2026 finds itself at a critical juncture where industrial reality and technological ambition collide. While the physical spot market has…
The global copper market is entering a period of fundamental realignment. As the world moves toward 2026, the traditional cycles of the red metal are being…
KINSHASA : The Democratic Republic of Congo’s tax authority, the Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI), has escalated its multi-billion-dollar standoff with Glencore by sealing the administrative…
The global copper market is approaching a critical juncture in 2026 as the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) collides with a structurally constrained mining pipeline.…
The stability of the global copper market increasingly hinges on a few square miles in the Lualaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).…
KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo : The Democratic Republic of Congo’s national tax authority, the Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI), has forcibly sealed the administrative and…
The transition from a late-stage exploration project to an operating mine is often described as the "valley of death" for junior developers. For Generation Mining (TSX:…
The global mining industry has long viewed copper as a bellwether for traditional economic health, but by mid-2026, the "red metal" has transitioned into a strategic…
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