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The electrification metal: wiring, motors, grids, and renewables all run on copper. Added to the U.S. list in 2025; long on Canada's.

Key applications: Electrical wiring and cabling · EVs · Renewable energy · Construction · Electronics · Motors

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Tracked Companies — 35 verified

Capstone Copper Corp.

TSX: CS · Canada · production

Mantoverde copper-gold mine (Atacama, Chile); Pinto Valley copper mine (Arizona, USA)

Chalice Mining Limited

ASX: CHN · Australia · development

Gonneville PGM-Ni-Cu-Co project (Western Australia)

Coeur Mining, Inc.

NYSE: CDE · United States · production

Rochester (Nevada); Las Chispas and Palmarejo (Mexico); Silvertip project (BC)

Electra Battery Materials Corporation

TSXV: ELBM · Canada · processing

Cobalt sulfate refinery, Temiskaming Shores, Ontario; Iron Creek cobalt-copper deposit, Idaho

Elementos Limited

ASX: ELT · Australia · development

Oropesa tin project (Spain, DFS complete); Cleveland tin-copper project (Tasmania)

Ero Copper Corp.

TSX: ERO · Canada · production

Caraíba Operations (Bahia, Brazil); Tucumã Operation (Pará, Brazil)

Faraday Copper Corp.

TSX: FDY · Canada · exploration

Copper Creek Project, Arizona (flagship; 2023 PEA, no PFS/FS yet)

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

TSX: FM · Canada · production

Kansanshi copper-gold mine, Zambia; Sentinel (Trident) copper mine, Zambia

Fortune Minerals Limited

TSX: FT · Canada · development

NICO Cobalt-Gold-Bismuth-Copper Project, Northwest Territories and Alberta Refinery

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

NYSE: FCX · United States · production

Grasberg minerals district, Indonesia; Morenci minerals district, Arizona, USA

Generation Mining Limited

TSX: GENM · Canada · development

Marathon copper-palladium project (Northwestern Ontario)

Highland Copper Company Inc.

TSXV: HI · Canada · development

Copperwood Project, Michigan (100%-owned, fully permitted; 2023 updated feasibility study)

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