FCX - Mergers and acquisitions

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USANewsGroup.com News Commentary — The world needs copper faster than it can find it. Latin America's mining sector is pulling in record investment as analysts project a 10 million metric ton supply gap by 2040, and the pipeline of new discoveries keeps falling short despite exploration budgets that have quadrupled since 2005. That gap is already showing up in prices and in boardrooms. Wood Mackenzie's head of copper research recently told Bloomberg that supply constraints remain the dominant force across the sector, with limited production growth keeping prices elevated even through periods of sharp volatility. Five companies

USA News Group CommentaryIssued on behalf of Ares Strategic Mining Inc. VANCOUVER, BC, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to bolster the domestic supply chain for critical minerals and materials, the Biden Administration recently announced a $17.5-million investment to develop more affordable, sustainable production processes throughout the USA. The announcement came just days after the Center for Strategic & International Studies's (CSIS) Project on Critical Minerals Security launch, meant to build the resilient supply chains needed for national, economic, and energy security. These initiatives are meant to build out a more robust supply of the 50 mineral commodities within the curren