President Donald Trump sent the price of copper skyrocketing when he announced a 50 percent tariff at his Tuesday cabinet meeting. Americans now pay 138 pct. over a global price.

Choi said that the U.S. has the ability to ramp up copper smelting capacity within a couple of years, while building new copper mines could take a decade. The metal could be seen

Copper futures ease back after ending at a record high Tuesday President Donald Trump mentioned Tuesday - almost in passing - that he planned to impose a 50% tariff on copper imports. It still hit ...