Copper

• Trump’s universal 50% copper tariffs take effect Aug. 1. What’s impacted?

  The proclamation imposes a 50 per cent tariff on semi-finished copper products and copper intensive derivative products as of Aug. 1.

  U.S. News

  Jul 30
  
• Ontario construction business, communications tower latest targets of copper theft

  The Ontario Provincial Police say a local construction business and a communications tower are the latest sites to be targeted for copper thefts.

  Canada

  Jul 18
  
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• ‘We will fight,’ Joly says as Trump vows copper tariffs next month

  Industry Minister Melanie Joly spoke in British Columbia to the Vancouver Board of Trade and had strong words in response to the latest tariff threats by the U.S.

  Economy

  Jul 10
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• Canada, other copper suppliers push back against possible Trump tariffs

  The three countries supply 94% of U.S. imports of refined copper and copper alloys, and told the Trump administration that those imports do not threaten U.S. security interests.

  Economy

  Apr 15
• Copper wire thefts frustrate Alberta utility providers, homebuilders and police

  According to the telecommunications company Telus, this year it has seen a 58 per cent increase from last year in terms of copper thefts affecting the firm across Alberta.

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2024
• 2 arrested after stolen copper delivered to scrapyard in taxi in Lindsay, Ont.: police

  Police received information that copper reported stolen from a construction site was being loaded into a taxi and headed to a scrap yard.

  Crime

  Jan 11, 2024
• Oil price falls, weighing down TSX in late-morning trading

  The S&P/TSX composite index was down 56.87 points this morning at 18,964.05.

  Money

  Oct 4, 2023
• Human rights violation claims lobbed at B.C. company over Central Africa copper mine

  None of the new houses built for 45 displaced households had showers, running water or electricity, two human rights groups allege.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2023
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• Bell cuts off phone for 95-year-old Etobicoke senior and his wife

  Bell left Mykola Latyshko and his wife without phone service for several days twice this year during network upgrades. The Latyshkos say Bell could have at least called them first.

  Consumer

  Jun 16, 2023
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• Copper stolen from telecommunication cables in rural Kingston, Ont.

  For the second time in a month, some rural Kingston, Ont., residents were without internet as a thief cut a fibre optic cable to steal copper.

  Canada

  May 16, 2023