Fitch Solutions has put copper on its “Commodities of the Future” Index, saying that the world’s ‘green transition’ will mean “a surge in demand over 2021-2030”. Demand for copper will come from three broad categories of building construction, infrastructure and manufacturing, but Fitch says that green copper demand will increasingly come from the energy and automotive sectors. They […]
Aussie Copper Home Is Standout
Australian architectural studio Casey Brown Architecture has recently completed an unusual corrugated copper tiny home two hours from Sydney. “Permanent Camping 2” in the Berry countryside has a two-story tower structure clad in copper designed to withstand bushfires, gale-force winds and driving winds. The external sides to pen up the home to the outdoors, while […]
The Copper Supply Crisis
The CRU Group just told an international seminar that copper supply is facing a nearly 6M tonne shortfall. Filling it, they say, will be tough. Erik Heimlich, principal copper analyst at CRU Group, told the June Navigating the Green Revolution in Base Metals seminar, the world will see the supply gap opening up from the […]
Circular Copper Goes Round
A call by commodity research group Roskill last week for a lift in copper recycling globally was a worthy rallying cry, but will it make much difference? The company pointed to a report by the United Nations last year showing only 17% of end-of-life electronic scrap is recycled. At the same time a record […]
Copper Shines In South Australia Mining Boom
South Australia’s mineral resource production for the 2020 calendar year breached the $7B mark, up from $6.9B in 2019, and the second-highest year on record behind the $7.312B produced in 2014. According to the LEAD newspaper, Copper continued to be the state’s largest contributor in 2020 with $2.429B worth of production. “This included $1.35B […]
Unlocking Copper In Mine Waste
43 million tonnes of copper has been mined but never processed over the last decade, trapped in mine waste from Australia to America. But that might be about to change. The lost copper has been too difficult to extract using conventional mining methods, but if extracted could help overcome a looming shortage as the world […]
Mining Water Technologies
Two years ago consultancy group Wood Mackenzie predicted copper demand would keep rising, warning that water use at mines would also soar, with all the costs and problems that entails. It’s the sort of threat that is urging mines right around the world to find more sustainable, efficient ways to use water. And it’s the […]
No Digging Copper Mines?
I keep getting amazed at the innovation I’m seeing around copper these days, with a recent breakthrough boosting efforts to rethink conventional mining. A new “key-hole surgery” method to extract copper from the earth without first digging it up could be revolutionary by not being actually groundbreaking. It speaks to the power of smart partnerships […]
Striking Copper Tower For Russia
World renowned architects Foster + Partners have designed a “copper tower” in the city of Yekaterinburg for the Russian Copper Company (RCC), one of the country’s biggest copper mining companies. Overlooking the Iset River in the centre of the city in central Russia, the 15-storey office block will be RCC’s headquarters and the first completed […]
Newmont launches Robot Trucks
Gold and copper miner Newmont has started production use of an autonomous haul truck fleet at its Boddington in Western Australia. Newmont said it is the first gold mining company to use autonomous haulage system (AHS) technology in an open pit mine. The announcement comes as the company said it had hit a milestone in […]
Future Is Paved With Structured Wiring
For smart home builders or installers who don’t plan for structured wiring—known as Smart Wiring in Australia—it’s time to ask why? A recent U.S. media post in CEpro says the biggest piece of the future-proofing puzzle lies in structured wiring or Smart Wiring. Namely bundles of cable that connect different rooms and areas within a […]
Copper Foams Are Efficient Infection Barrier
Copper foams that filter efficiently, decontaminate easily for reuse and are recyclable find new role in helping to fight infection spread says new study. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the severe health risks posed by deep submicrometer-sized airborne viruses and particulates in the spread of infectious diseases. Newly developed copper foams target this size […]
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