I saw the other day that close to 70% of Australians support the need to build more renewable energy projects. That’s huge. No surprise that rooftop solar is the most popular at 80% of course—4M homes already have that—but hydropower at 73%, solar farms at 69%, onshore wind at 60% and offshore wind at 59% […]
Living Green (Literally)
A new copper-clad, energy-generating home on the outskirts of Oxford in Britain is being hailed as both a triumph of style and sustainability. The house—by UK architect Adrian James who’s called it “Copper Bottom”—is green in the most literal sense. The outside of the house is almost all clad in copper, as if the roof […]
Aussie Copper Mining Breakthrough
A brand new Queensland startup has made a breakthrough copper recovery technology that promises to cut costs and boost supply from previously discarded ore. Banksia Minerals Processing—a University of Queensland spin-out—uses ultra-low chemical and energy inputs to enable economic copper recovery regardless of grade or impurities. The electrochemical process aims to slash costs and unlock […]
Mining And Net Zero?
There’s no universal, one size fits all target when it comes to mining & Net Zero, but globally the goal is 2050 according to the Paris Agreement. But it’s a moving feast by country or company, with a wide variety of decarbonisation ambitions and with some preferring not to commit to firm dates at all. […]
Australia’s E-Waste Tsunami
The average Australian produces about 20kgs of e-waste a year, triple the global average of 7kgs, and its about to get a lot worse says a new study. The federal government’s latest national waste report says the country creates 500,000 tonnes of e-waste a year. Sadly only about half of that was recycled in 2022, […]
Clean Energy From “Copper Leaves”
American and English scientists have developed tiny nano copper ‘flowers’ that bloom on artificial leaves to make clean energy and fuel using just sunlight. The global project by Cambridge and Berkeley developed a practical way to make hydrocarbons—molecules made of carbon and hydrogen—powered solely by the sun. A totally unique approach. By combining a light […]
Big Climate Goals Need Big Energy Storage
I’ve talked a lot about all the great rooftop solar & energy storage happening in our homes, but it will mean nothing if we don’t charge up the national electricity grid too. That came home to me this week when I read a new snapshot out of Monash University called The Storage Imperative: Powering Australia’s […]
Our Electric Life (Is Close)
New figures from Australia’s Energy Regulator says our homes are leading the switch to clean electricity, with big jumps in rooftop solar, batteries and electric vehicles. Their latest State of The Energy Market report showed that rooftop electricity is now above 20 gigawatts–or a quarter of the maximum electricity which can be produced in the […]
Australian Solar Startup’s Global Copper Bet
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 […]
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