Metals & Minerals Firms Construct $13.24 Billion in U.S., an Industrial Info Market Brief

Freeport-McMoRan began construction earlier this year on the $850 million Lone Star copper mine in Arizona. This is one of $13.24 billion worth of Metals & Minerals Industry projects under construction in the U.S., according to Industrial Info Resources' Metals & Minerals Business Intelligence Platform. The Rocky Mountain, Great Lakes and Southwest regions lead the way, with the majority of projects falling in the mining, steel manufacturing or metal processing sectors.