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Copper Weekly Brief – Week of 6th March 2026

  Market overview Copper prices were volatile but ultimately firmed this week, with benchmark contracts around US$5.75–5.80/lb (roughly US$12,900–13,050/t) by 4–6 March. From the January record high near US$14,500/t, prices…

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Copper Weekly Brief – 27th February 2026

Copper prices held near recent highs this week but eased slightly as traders weighed strong long‑term demand against softer short‑term signals from China and rising inventories. Prices Copper traded around…

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Copper Weekly Brief – 20 Feb 2026

Copper Weekly Brief – Week Ending 20 February 2026 Market overview Copper prices eased slightly this week, with benchmark contracts around US$5.75–5.80/lb (roughly US$12,600–12,800/t) on 18–19 February after record highs…

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Everything’s Coming Up Copper

Not so long ago copper exploration seemed to be in the doldrums, but with the world facing severe shortfalls it seems the race is on to find more deposits. And…

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NBN Goes Back To The Future

November 2, 2017 · General, John’s Blog

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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Clean Energy, General, John’s Blog

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 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 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 · General, John’s Blog

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 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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Featured

Copper Weekly Brief – Week of 6th March 2026

  Market overview Copper prices were volatile but ultimately firmed this week, with benchmark contracts around US$5.75–5.80/lb (roughly US$12,900–13,050/t) by…

Read More

Copper Weekly Brief – 27th February 2026

Copper prices held near recent highs this week but eased slightly as traders weighed strong long‑term demand against softer short‑term…

Read More

Copper Weekly Brief – 20 Feb 2026

Copper Weekly Brief – Week Ending 20 February 2026 Market overview Copper prices eased slightly this week, with benchmark contracts…

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Everything’s Coming Up Copper

Not so long ago copper exploration seemed to be in the doldrums, but with the world facing severe shortfalls it…

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