Sydney’s SunDrive Solar hopes its unique copper-based solar cell can reach commercial scale in partnership with global panel producer Trina, one of the world’s biggest. SunDrive Solar, backed by investors like Malcolm Turnbull and billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, has been in the news for some time, but now hopes to move from the pilot phase to […]
The Rise & Rise Of Mining’s Image
I see Australians are now more trusting of the mining industry than ever before as its role in a clean energy future takes centre stage. That’s great news. The CSIRO survey of more than 6000 people showed that almost 3 in 4 agreed that access to critical minerals—of which I count copper—is necessary to hit […]
Newmont’s Cadia Gets Responsible Mining Award
Newmont’s Cadia operation in Australia is the company’s first site globally to achieve The Copper Mark and The Molybdenum Mark credentials for its responsible mining practices. Newmont acquired Cadia—located 250 kms west of Sydney close to the regional city of Orange—through its A$26B purchase of Newcrest Mining in November 2023. Cadia is Australia’s largest underground […]
Copper CEO’s: Clarity & Cooperation
We don’t always get a clear message about copper from the people who actually run the companies, but I recently got that chance. And it was encouraging I have to say. The way most of the public hear about copper is from the media, messages that are filtered through a thousand different opinions, and geopolitical […]
Old Copper Is New Copper
There’s 38,000 tonnes of copper locked up in unused electrical gadgets like old phones in English households worth something like $348M in the current market according to a new study. The startling finding has led to renewed calls from across the industry globally to do more to recycle electronic waste—also called ‘e-waste’—and kick start a […]
Mining’s Carbon Commitment
The talk about net zero mining is everywhere these days, from individual company statements to industry wide roadmaps and government targets, but how realistic is it? Are miners still committed to getting there? Well I was pleased to see a new global survey saying they are. The Global Leadership Survey 2024 by Mining Journal Intelligence […]
Everything’s Coming Up Copper
A 37 storey tower clad in distinctive copper rings in Brisbane and Australia’s new embassy in Washington DC covered in a series of folded copper ‘rainscreen’ panels are the world’s latest architectural icons. The $600M high rise in Brisbane’s North Quarter—designed by Hassell, REX, and Richards and Spence—glitters on the city’s skyline given the skin […]
Copper Boost To Radiotherapy Success
Copper ‘nanocapsules’ could help cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy to better cope with treatment & improve their outcomes says a new China study. Patients with cancer who need to have secondary radiotherapy treatments often face both an acquired radiation resistance in tumour cells plus a weakened physical condition, making re-irradiation a significant clinical challenge. This is […]
Resourceful Australia?
A new report from the Minerals Council of Australia is timely, given its argument that mining investment will continue to play a vital role in the country’s future, but only if managed properly. The study—Minerals-plus:An investment strategy for a resource intensive future—covers a lot of ground but argues there’s been a “seven-year stagnation in mining […]
Copper’s AI Edge?
The world may still be figuring out how important Artificial Intelligence will ultimately be, but it’s already a big deal for copper according to BHP. The world’s biggest miner has just said they see Artificial Intelligence—or AI—boosting demand for the red metal by as much as 72% in the coming decades. AI data centres will, […]
The Copper Mark Marks Milestone
The Copper Mark, a leading assurance framework for responsible practices across copper, molybdenum, nickel, and zinc value chains, has reached the milestone of 100 participating sites. Molymex, a molybdenum roaster in México joins as the 100th active participant, demonstrating the growth and expansion of The Copper Mark Assurance Framework into other metals and along the […]
Can South Australia Be World Copper Leader?
News that BHP is boosting copper production in South Australia (SA) is a big story, but does it also mean one of Australia’s smaller states can be a world number one when it comes to copper? Certainly that’s how the South Australia Chamber of Mines & Energy—SACOME—saw it, saying it welcomes BHP’s “staged approach to […]
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