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Copper Sparks Mining Sector's Megadeals
The Wall Street Journal
|January 12, 2026
Booming demand for copper is driving a spate of mining megadeals, in a rush to secure more of a metal essential to powering artificial intelligence.
The rekindling of talks between Rio Tinto and Glencore is the latest copper-inspired deals. A Glencore copper refinery.
ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
This story is from the January 12, 2026 edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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