That might be a catchy 60’s song predicting changing times, but it’s just as relevant to Australia’s energy situation today. Wind backed electricity is already the “cheapest source of large-scale renewable energy” says the Clean Energy Council. Which is why the private sector is jumping on the trend. 7 wind farms started up last year, […]
South Australia’s 2nd Copper Coming
BHP Group has unearthed a major new copper find in South Australia and that could put the state on a path to a “copper renaissance”. BHP has revealed a large iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposit on the Stuart Shelf, 65 kilometres southeast of Olympic Dam-already the world’s third largest copper equivalent deposit. In an […]
A Copper Bullet For Tuberculosis?
A new copper backed antibiotic shows promise in finding and killing tuberculosis bacteria where they hide. A new breakthrough from scientists at the University of Connecticut-UConn-promises to tackle TB bacteria hiding from antibiotics in the immune cells that are supposed to kill them. Tuberculosis is the number one cause of death from infectious disease worldwide. […]
Lets Stop Wasting Copper
Copper & technology are great partners, but what we do with all those old gadgets-and the copper in them-is a tough challenge. Till now. In fact Australia is at the cutting edge of what’s being called urban mining. New breakthroughs in Sydney & Melbourne suggest we could now harvest copper-and a lot of other valuable […]
One Step Copper?
Copper miners have long been on a quest to find cleaner & greener ways to process ore as its dug up. And it just got a lot closer I’m happy to say. A ‘one step’ processing breakthrough using electricity could soon produce high-purity copper from sulfide mineral ore, the main source of copper. The molten […]
Lean, Green Aussie Copper
South Australia is shaping up as the country’s leader when it comes to copper mining innovation. And I’m not just saying that because I grew up there. It’s now the country’s biggest copper producer, but is also pursuing all sorts of new technologies when it comes to how the industry finds, extracts and processes the […]
The NBN’s Big Secret? Copper!
Half way round the world or Sydney to Perth? That’s some of the lengths of copper the NBN Co. has bought to help roll out faster broadband. According to the latest reports the NBN bought 4,478 kilometres of copper since just last October. Taking the total red metal purchased to around 21,000 kms all up. […]
The NBN’s Big Secret? Copper!
Half way round the world or Sydney to Perth? That’s some of the lengths of copper the NBN Co. has bought to help roll out faster broadband. According to the latest reports the NBN bought 4,478 kilometres of copper since just last October. Taking the total red metal purchased to around 21,000 kms all up. […]
Getting South Australia to 1 Million Tonnes
I recently chaired the new technologies session at South Australia’s Copper To The World Conference and was impressed by what’s happening here and overseas. Innovation-and especially technological innovation-is the latest copper industry buzz word. Why? Because world demand for copper keeps rising-ironically enough due to technological shifts in mobility, clean energy and connectivity, to name […]
John’s Blog – Rumours Of Copper’s Demise Greatly Exaggerated (apologies to Mark Twain)
Despite the outgoing NBN boss Bill Morrow blaming copper for a lot of the NBN’s ongoing problems, the red metal has never been so popular for building technology and cabling. In fact a new snapshot says the global structured cabling market size is projected to reach US $14.3B by 2025, growing around 8% each year. […]
We Can Stop Hospitals Making You Sick
Around 165,000 Australians pick up infections in hospitals every year. That’s a disgrace. It shouldn’t be happening, but copper embedded hospital uniforms could soon make a big dent in the problem. Hospital infections are spread mostly by touch. They hit already sick people hard, killing around 7% or keeping them in hospital nearly 6 times […]
All Change On Climate
A new roadmap by the Climate Council makes a lot of sense. But in any shift on energy policy we still need to keep an eye on the bottom line. The ‘Roadmap To A Renewable Future’ sets out ways we can cut greenhouse gas pollution while continuing to embrace affordable and reliable clean energy as […]
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