The return of a Labor Government is also being hailed as an endorsement of Australia’s remarkable renewables journey, but there’s still a long way to go. A lot of issues were at play in the recent elections, but energy—responsible for around 70% of our emissions—was certainly one of the most important. While the cost of […]
World Copper Supply & Demand Shifts
The world’s copper market is expected to see a significant surplus over the next two years says the latest forecast from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). The Group said the global copper surplus would be about 289,000 tonnes in 2025, more than double the 138,000 tonnes from last year. This forecast also represents a […]
Aurelia Metals Green Lights Aussie Copper Mine
Australian mining and exploration company Aurelia Metals with two existing mines in the Cobar Basin in New South Wales will now develop the Great Cobar copper mine. The project involves the development of a satellite base metal and gold deposit located around 0.5 kilometres south east of Cobar, 1.5km north of the existing New Cobar Mine […]
Rare Child Cancer Sees Possible Copper Cure
Survival from a rare but deadly childhood cancer could improve by applying an existing drug that’s currently used to manage excess copper in the body says Australian study. The drug can be used to weaken tumours and strengthen the fighting capacity of immune cells, increasing the success rate of a cancer treatment for high-risk neuroblastoma […]
Artificial Intelligence And Copper: Pulse Briefing #1
The International Copper Association Australia has launched the first of its Pulse Briefings, a series designed to showcase the latest innovations across the resources sector. The first Briefing takes a deep dive into Artificial Intelligence, highlighting its extraordinary potential to transform mining as we know it. Included are Australian and International case studies exploring adoption […]
Keeping Copper Smelting Australian
News that Glencore is seeking government support for its Queensland smelter needs to be seen as a long term investment in the Australian copper industry, not a short term fix. Smelting may not get the headlines that new copper discoveries or big export prices get, but it lies at the heart of a vibrant, self […]
Copper Rising
A recent headline in the Wall Street Journal almost shouted “Copper Is 2025’s Hottest Commodity”, but in a volatile world staying number 1 can be tricky. What triggered the very upbeat sentiment from the WSJ is the possibility the US will impose a tariff on imported copper as a way of stimulating domestic production. Trump […]
“Most Resilient Copper Material Ever”
A newly discovered “nano-structured” copper alloy could redefine high-temperature materials for aerospace, defence and other next generation engineering projects. The US breakthrough created a copper-tantalum-lithium alloy called “Cu-Ta-Li” with exceptional thermal stability and mechanical strength that’s now seen as one of the most resilient copper-based materials ever produced. Even when subjected to 1472 degrees Fahrenheit—or […]
Blowin’ In The Wind
The town of Ongerup in Western Australia might be tiny, remote and known mostly for wheat, but wind farming could be about to put it on the map. Vestas, one of the world’s biggest wind turbine makers, has plans to build a new wind farm near the town of about 114 people that could see […]
Cutting Infection With Copper
Scientists in the UK have developed copper nanoparticles that can be coated onto implanted medical devices to cut the risk of infection after operations. The Nottingham Trent University study also held out hope that the breakthrough could tackle the over-reliance on antibiotics that has often fuelled antibiotic resistance. In 2019 there were 1.27M deaths globally […]
Chasing Copper’s Clean Dream
The US & China are racing to secure supplies of copper as they realise they’ll need a lot more red metal to make a green world. But that’s not the only race going on. Over demand and dwindling supply means miners will have to either find new, accessible copper deposits—an expensive, long term proposition—or get […]
Rio Tinto’s Smart Move
Rio Tinto has opened the Centre for Future Materials in London to help find cleaner, smarter ways of extracting copper to fuel the renewable energy and electric revolution. It’s an urgent problem. As we now know the world will need a lot more copper if we have any hope of supplying all the electric vehicles, […]
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