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Microbial Mining

A new copper leaching discovery suggests biotech-driven mining solutions could soon recover critical minerals, reduce waste and enhance sustainability. A critical minerals platform startup, Endolith, has successfully demonstrated that its…

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The Clean Energy Election?

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…

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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…

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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…

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One Step Copper?

September 10, 2018 · John’s Blog

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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

August 29, 2018 · John’s Blog, Mining

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!

July 25, 2018 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Wiring

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!

July 19, 2018 · General, John’s Blog

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

July 12, 2018 · General, John’s Blog

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)

June 5, 2018 · John’s Blog, Smart Wiring

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

May 16, 2018 · General, Health, John’s Blog

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

March 18, 2018 · Clean Energy, General, John’s Blog

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 […]

We Can Stop Hospitals Making You Sick

February 28, 2018 · General, Health, John’s Blog

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 […]

Data Driven Copper

February 22, 2018 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Wiring

Copper and technology is a huge topic these days, especially given its capacity to drive demand. And the boom in global data is right on message. A new study by iXConsulting points to massive growth in data centre capacity worldwide and with ‘hyperscale cloud service providers’ a big reason why. Copper has always been a […]

Data Driven Copper

February 22, 2018 · General, John’s Blog

Copper and technology is a huge topic these days, especially given its capacity to drive demand. And the boom in global data is right on message. A new study by iXConsulting points to massive growth in data centre capacity worldwide and with ‘hyperscale cloud service providers’ a big reason why. Copper has always been a […]

$2.5B for a couple of stadiums but only $1M for Copper exploration ?

December 14, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Mining

The recent offer by the Queensland Government to provide $1M to support Copper exploration in Queensland is definitely a step in the right direction. Especially given the looming copper supply shortfall globally predicted by BHP in their latest corporate video (LINK). BHP see lower copper grades, a lack of any major recent copper discoveries and […]

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Featured

Microbial Mining

A new copper leaching discovery suggests biotech-driven mining solutions could soon recover critical minerals, reduce waste and enhance sustainability. A…

Read More

The Clean Energy Election?

The return of a Labor Government is also being hailed as an endorsement of Australia’s remarkable renewables journey, but there’s…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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