Copper price surges in US as Trump launches probe into metal imports
US President ordered the Commerce Department to examine possible imports tariffs on all forms of the metal.
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Trump orders new tariff probe into US copper imports
the countries set to be most affected by any new US copper tariffs would be Chile, Canada and Mexico.
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Power outage hits swaths of Chile, from largest copper mine to Santiago streets
Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, was without electricity, while state-owned copper miner Codelco said all its mines had been affected.
US, Ukraine reach minerals deal
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is due in Washington on Friday to make the deal official.