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copper

[kop-er] / ˈkɒp ər /














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London-listed Anglo American and Canada-based Teck Resources agreed to merge last September in a deal that would create the world’s largest copper producer with a combined value of $53 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

In a carefully locked laboratory rows of metal kegs are arranged on shelves and linked together with spindly copper pipework.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Mineral extraction projects looking for copper, lithium and more have proliferated across the Argentine Andes.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Platinum group metals miner Valterra Platinum rises nearly 10% while copper miner Antofagasta trades up 6.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Everything seemed to be listed there—from hardtack to copper nails—from sextants to coffeepots.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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