News that Glencore is seeking government support for its Queensland smelter needs to be seen as a long term investment in the Australian copper industry, not a short term fix. Smelting may not get the headlines that new copper discoveries or big export prices get, but it lies at the heart of a vibrant, self […]
Copper Rising
A recent headline in the Wall Street Journal almost shouted “Copper Is 2025’s Hottest Commodity”, but in a volatile world staying number 1 can be tricky. What triggered the very upbeat sentiment from the WSJ is the possibility the US will impose a tariff on imported copper as a way of stimulating domestic production. Trump […]
“Most Resilient Copper Material Ever”
A newly discovered “nano-structured” copper alloy could redefine high-temperature materials for aerospace, defence and other next generation engineering projects. The US breakthrough created a copper-tantalum-lithium alloy called “Cu-Ta-Li” with exceptional thermal stability and mechanical strength that’s now seen as one of the most resilient copper-based materials ever produced. Even when subjected to 1472 degrees Fahrenheit—or […]
Chasing Copper’s Clean Dream
The US & China are racing to secure supplies of copper as they realise they’ll need a lot more red metal to make a green world. But that’s not the only race going on. Over demand and dwindling supply means miners will have to either find new, accessible copper deposits—an expensive, long term proposition—or get […]
Rio Tinto’s Smart Move
Rio Tinto has opened the Centre for Future Materials in London to help find cleaner, smarter ways of extracting copper to fuel the renewable energy and electric revolution. It’s an urgent problem. As we now know the world will need a lot more copper if we have any hope of supplying all the electric vehicles, […]
Aussie Copper Mining Breakthrough
A brand new Queensland startup has made a breakthrough copper recovery technology that promises to cut costs and boost supply from previously discarded ore. Banksia Minerals Processing—a University of Queensland spin-out—uses ultra-low chemical and energy inputs to enable economic copper recovery regardless of grade or impurities. The electrochemical process aims to slash costs and unlock […]
Mining And Net Zero?
There’s no universal, one size fits all target when it comes to mining & Net Zero, but globally the goal is 2050 according to the Paris Agreement. But it’s a moving feast by country or company, with a wide variety of decarbonisation ambitions and with some preferring not to commit to firm dates at all. […]
Australia’s E-Waste Tsunami
The average Australian produces about 20kgs of e-waste a year, triple the global average of 7kgs, and its about to get a lot worse says a new study. The federal government’s latest national waste report says the country creates 500,000 tonnes of e-waste a year. Sadly only about half of that was recycled in 2022, […]
Big Climate Goals Need Big Energy Storage
I’ve talked a lot about all the great rooftop solar & energy storage happening in our homes, but it will mean nothing if we don’t charge up the national electricity grid too. That came home to me this week when I read a new snapshot out of Monash University called The Storage Imperative: Powering Australia’s […]
New Tools For Old Copper
An international study has uncovered new pathways to future copper deposits by cracking the code to the metal’s origins that could reshape the future of copper mining. Released as part of the “High Grade Hypogene Copper” initiative that includes partners like BHP, the University of Western Australia and the University of Bristol, its just been […]
Australian Solar Startup’s Global Copper Bet
Sydney’s SunDrive Solar hopes its unique copper-based solar cell can reach commercial scale in partnership with global panel producer Trina, one of the world’s biggest. SunDrive Solar, backed by investors like Malcolm Turnbull and billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, has been in the news for some time, but now hopes to move from the pilot phase to […]
The Rise & Rise Of Mining’s Image
I see Australians are now more trusting of the mining industry than ever before as its role in a clean energy future takes centre stage. That’s great news. The CSIRO survey of more than 6000 people showed that almost 3 in 4 agreed that access to critical minerals—of which I count copper—is necessary to hit […]
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