Copper is quietly becoming the world’s most strategic metal and the race to secure it is already reshaping industrial geopolitics. Nations that control copper refining today will command the ...

B.C. is exploring the possibility of building a copper smelter and refinery as critical minerals increasingly become a national security issue. The federal and B.C. governments announced Wednesday ...

B.C. produces more than half of Canada's copper and nearly all of it is shipped overseas for processing. BIV file photo B.C. is exploring the possibility of building a copper smelter and refinery as ...