October 22, 2024--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Copper miners are building out mining and processing capacity for the critical mineral used in solar panels and electric-vehicle (EV) batteries, among other applications. Taseko Mines Limited (Vancouver, Canada) recently updated the progress on its Florence Copper project under construction in Arizona, although the vast majority of copper mining-related projects in the U.S. being tracked by Industrial Info are in the development/permitting stages.