Copper stocks are being supported by an increasingly constrained supply environment in 2026 that has led to record-high copper prices.Copper prices began rising last year due to supply-and-demand dynamics, as disruptions at major mines pushed the market out of balance.While those mine disruptions began to ease at the end of 2025 and into 2026, new constraints have emerged, the most significant of which was the closure of the Strait of Hormuz by …
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