Freeport-McMoRan, which runs the US's largest copper mine, Morenci, has seen its share price up 3% in the five days to July 10. BHP and Rio Tinto, partners in the mammoth Resolution copper project, were up 1.2% and 2% respectively over the five days to July 10, meanwhile.

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Taseko Mines' Florence ISR copper mine | Credits: Taseko Mines

If US President Donald Trump's proposed 50% copper tariffs are aimed at " bringing home" copper production, domestic copper miners have reason to be unimpressed. Freeport-McMoRan, which runs the US's...

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