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Copper Weekly Brief — Week Ending 24 April 2026

Copper stayed elevated and volatile this week as geopolitical risk, tight concentrate conditions and policy uncertainty continued to support prices. The market is still being driven as much by supply…

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Weekly Copper Brief – 17 April 2026

Geopolitics are pushing up costs, but the clean energy transition and everyday demand for electricity and transport are keeping copper in strong demand worldwide.   Market overview Copper remains in…

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OK Tedi – Our Mine , Our Pride, Our Future

  Ok Tedi Mining Limited (Ok Tedi) is one of Papua New Guinea’s great copper–gold success stories – a 100 percent nationally owned operation that has been delivering value to…

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Copper Weekly Brief – 10th April 2026

Market overview: high, volatile, policy‑sensitive Copper remains in a high‑price, high‑volatility regime into the week ending 10 April 2026, with the Iran war amplifying energy‑cost and confidence shocks rather than…

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Next Step For “Responsible Copper”

August 21, 2019 · Mining

The Responsible Minerals Initiative and the International Copper Association have agreed to boost sustainable copper. The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), on behalf of its Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), and the International Copper Association (ICA), have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly advance the responsible production and trade of copper. The RMI and ICA aim […]

Creating Easier and Risk-free solutions for plumbers

July 17, 2019 · General, Mining, Plumbing

IS A KEY FOCUS FOR MM KEMBLA AS A LEADING MANUFACTURER AND SUPPLIER AND THE RELEASE OF THE NEW KPL3 PRESS TOOL DOES JUST THAT, SAYS MM KEMBLA MARKETING MANAGER FELIX VELASCO. In 2012, MM Kembla released its copper press-fit connection system KemPress. The benefits of press-fit systems particularly in copper have led to quicker […]

Can Copper Start-Up?

June 18, 2019 · Mining

The mining industry faces challenges being innovative, a U.S. expert told the Copper To The World Conference in Adelaide today. “Developing reliable industrial technology requires a lot of time and financial investment to reduce risks and assure performance. That’s not a simple task in mining which has seen only a few major changes in extraction and processing,” […]

Copper to the World

May 28, 2019 · Clean Energy, Mining

International leaders in copper mining, services and technology will gather in Adelaide in June for the ‘Copper to the World’ conference. Now in its third year, ‘Copper to the World’ has become Australia’s leading networking and knowledge-sharing platform for the global copper sector. The conference, organised by the South Australian Government will focus on themes […]

A Roadmap To Adelaide Copper Conference

May 21, 2019 · John’s Blog, Mining

I was recently interviewed by Australian Mining magazine about the upcoming Copper To The World Conference in Adelaide on June 18. I’ve linked the article below, but I just wanted to make some main points about this important industry get together. First it makes a lot of sense to stage the conference in South Australia. […]

2019 International Copper Industry Summit

May 13, 2019 · General, Mining

The recently completed Summit in Shanghai with over 300 attendees and 45 speakers represented over 80% of the copper end-use market. The 2019 International Copper Industry Summit (ICIS), co-organized by International Copper Association (ICA) and Jiangxi Copper Corporation and under the guidance of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), just took place in […]

Responsible Copper?

May 9, 2019 · Mining, Net Zero

The International Copper Association has created the Copper Mark™ to help deliver responsible copper production. Launched in April 2019 the Copper Mark provides a platform for the assurance of responsibly produced copper and is available for mines, smelters and refineries. The Copper Mark is a voluntary program. Any copper mine, smelter or refiner is welcome […]

Copper By Design

May 6, 2019 · Mining

The breathtaking uses of copper are featured by this year’s North American Copper in Architecture winners. 15 new buildings earned a spot in the latest Copper & Architecture awards (NACIA). The 2019 NACIA winner-Arizona State University’s LEED Platinum seeking building, the Biodesign Institute C-is wrapped in a screen of thousands of perforated, naturally finished copper […]

Smart Homes Boost Copper 

April 18, 2019 · Mining

An International Copper Association study shows copper use in smart homes will reach 1.5 million tonnes a year by 2030. Demand from smart wiring, connected gadgets, batteries, energy storage and high tech appliances is already doubling copper demand by 2021 says the study. Copper is found in smart home hubs, switches, routers, wiring and lithium- […]

What Goes Round

April 10, 2019 · John’s Blog, Mining

What ever happens to Australia’s climate goals-or even the world’s- electrification & clean energy are here to stay. In theory we’re all heading to a cleaner, greener world with lower climate gas emissions. But creating the so called circular economy-where we minimise waste & make the most of our resources-is proving challenging despite its obvious […]

Cool Copper

April 1, 2019 · General, Mining, Plumbing

The Australian copper industry has developed a new range of tubes to handle large scale refrigeration. The addition of transcritical CO2 refrigerant systems for large scale refrigeration applications, initially for freezers in retail food outlets, requires tubes of higher strength than previously available in the market. The previous range of tubes catered for pressure ratings […]

Can Copper Corrode?

April 1, 2019 · General, Mining, Plumbing

Generally no-even after centuries under soil-but there are some underground situations where it can, including: abnormally aggressive soils localized and long-line-type concentration cells created by differences in soil composition the action of stray direct currents (DC) flowing in the ground faulty design and workmanship certain conditions created by alternating currents (AC) thermogaivanic effects galvanic action […]

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Featured

Copper Weekly Brief — Week Ending 24 April 2026

Copper stayed elevated and volatile this week as geopolitical risk, tight concentrate conditions and policy uncertainty continued to support prices.…

Read More

Weekly Copper Brief – 17 April 2026

Geopolitics are pushing up costs, but the clean energy transition and everyday demand for electricity and transport are keeping copper…

Read More

OK Tedi – Our Mine , Our Pride, Our Future

  Ok Tedi Mining Limited (Ok Tedi) is one of Papua New Guinea’s great copper–gold success stories – a 100…

Read More

Copper Weekly Brief – 10th April 2026

Market overview: high, volatile, policy‑sensitive Copper remains in a high‑price, high‑volatility regime into the week ending 10 April 2026, with…

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