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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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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…

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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…

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Getting In On The Ground Floor Of Home Tech

November 25, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Buildings

We’re no longer in the land of hope or hype with smart homes. They’re big business and disrupting every part of the home construction market, from builders, cablers & yep, even plumbers. Sadly a lot of companies and tradies are still stuck in the past, not recognising the upheaval going on at home. A couple […]

NBN Goes Back To The Future

November 2, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Buildings

Pity the poor old copper telephone wires. Long branded old technology and disparaged at nearly every turn by the glittering promise of fibre warp speeds, it now looks like we need them more than ever. Last week the nbn announced that it will be using “G.fast” to supersize our existing copper cables to bring fibre […]

Can Energy Co’s Cope With Home Tech?

October 5, 2017 · Energy Efficiency, General, John’s Blog

Our energy providers are facing a tsunami of change and for many its been a game of catch up. Alongside new forms of clean energy like solar on roof tops, rising costs and growing consumer complaints about price or services, they’re also confronting old and new homes being rapidly reinvented by technology. Better broadband has […]

September 27, 2017 · Energy Efficiency, General, John’s Blog

Future of Energy Management 27 September 2017 In Australia, amongst all the commentary on the dire state of the energy market , perhaps we need to ask ourselves” Should energy pricing be driven by the market or by Government intervention?” If we look back over the last 10 years , it is evident that intervention […]

https://copper.com.au/news/johns-blog/2514/

Is Our Home Wiring Up To The NBN?

September 25, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Wiring

The nbn co. just announced that it’s testing a new diagnostic tool aimed at remotely finding out whether a home has any wiring faults and particularly copper telephone lines in fibre to node suburbs. While some critics have suggested it’s just a way for the nbn co. to try to find other reasons for the […]

Let’s Make Our Homes Power Stations

September 5, 2017 · Energy Efficiency, General, John’s Blog

The UK government says it wants smart homes and gadgets to be connected much more closely with the electricity grid. A plan they say will help even out the ups and downs of energy supply and demand, and save consumers and businesses a lot of money along the way. And lets face it we now […]

Do We Give a Finkel?

July 25, 2017 · Energy Efficiency, General, John’s Blog, Renewable Energy

A new blueprint to reshape Australia’s electricity market by Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel provides a workable platform to achieve energy security, reliability and affordability whilst also meeting our global carbon objectives over the next 30 years. A new blueprint to reshape Australia’s electricity market by Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel provides a workable platform […]

Get Up To Speed On Speed (Before It’s Too Late)

July 20, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Wiring

It’s no coincidence we’re giving away Cat 6 data cable twice a day at our ARC stand if you can answer one of the “101 NBN Questions You’re Customers Could Ask You” (just listen out for our horn during the day & come running). Cat 6 is all about delivering fast, reliable, always on broadband […]

Smart Home Walls Falling

June 5, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Buildings, Smart Wiring

For years one of the biggest obstacles to a real smart home market was the fact that nothing much worked with anything else. help make that happen. In other words companies tended to work in digital silos with different systems and gadgets often locked up behind proprietary walls. But that’s now looking like a very […]

Does The Smart Home Mean Business?

May 22, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Buildings, Smart Wiring

I realised recently just how many of the giant tech companies have moved into our homes…..Apple, Google, Amazon and Samsung all have smart home systems, phone apps to help control them and digital assistants you can talk to or wave at. And they’re just the biggest. Lots of other tech companies, telcos and an army […]

Energy Crisis Sparks Competition

March 21, 2017 · Energy Efficiency, General, John’s Blog, Smart Buildings

Serial entrepreneur & Tesla boss, Elon Musk, got a lot of attention last week when he said he could fix South Australia’s ‘energy crisis’ by building a massive battery storage farm. South Australia’s energy crisis quickly became Australia’s as we all learned that the country not only faces an electricity shortfall and price rises, but […]

2% Boost in GDP …..100% Boost In Opportunities

February 14, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Buildings, Smart Wiring

A new look at just what an NBN led surge in broadband speeds and access can do for Australia is a reminder of just how powerful technology will be. The Western Sydney University study says fast broadband is key to massive economic, urban, social and entrepreneurial change that could make Australia “the world’s most connected […]

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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…

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

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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