President Trump took a break from taking health insurance away from millions of people to announce a 50% tariff on all imported copper on Tuesday. It currently isn't clear when (or even if) the ...

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President Donald Trump's threats to impose high tariffs on countries make U.S. trading partners and investors nervous. But his sector tariffs could hurt consumers and businesses more in the long run.

Copper wire exports would bring in four times more revenue than exporting raw copper, Zulu says in Lusaka. “There is an opportunity which hasn’t been tapped.” The global shift to electric vehicles ...

Zambia is the world’s sixth-largest producer of copper, and cobalt is a byproduct of copper (and nickel) mining. Most of the world’s cobalt comes from the copper belt, which runs through the Central ...

Reducing emissions from human activity requires a great deal of effort in many different sectors. When it comes to land transport, the idea is generally to eliminate vehicles powered by combustion ...

Copper is a critical material in the manufacturing of all vehicles, regardless of whether they are powered by gas, diesel, electricity, hydrogen, or even liquid natural gas (LNG). The demand for ...

The spike in copper prices to a record high earlier this year has added weight to arguments for switching from copper to cheaper and lighter aluminium in a range of sectors.

As President Donald Trump's tariffs against more than a dozen countries spark fresh concerns about looming country-specific trade measures, often overlooked are the levies on specific products and ...