Reuters Factbox-Where does the US get its copper?
Source: Reuters
Factbox-Where does the US get its copper?
Lewis Jackson and Amy Lv
Tue, February 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM EST·2 min read
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a probe into possible tariffs on copper imports to rebuild U.S. production of a metal critical to electric vehicles, military hardware, semiconductors and a wide range of consumer goods.
A White House official said the investigation would look at imports of raw mined copper, copper concentrates, copper alloy, scrap copper and derivative products made from the metal. A result is expected quickly.
Here's what you need to know about U.S. copper imports:
US IMPORTS
The United States produces domestically just over half the refined copper it consumes each year. More than two-thirds of that is mined in Arizona, where the development of a massive new mine has been stalled for more than a decade. The remaining refined copper, just shy of 1 million metric tons annually, is imported.
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