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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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Austral Resources – A growing Queensland Copper Producer

Austral Resources has joined the International Copper Association Australia as a growing Queensland copper producer, advancing a dual‑hub, multi‑mine strategy to deliver long‑life, responsibly produced copper for the energy transition.…

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Discover the Innovation of CopperConnect at IMARC

August 2, 2024 · General, Mining

The International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) is where the most influential people in the mining industry come together, delivering ideas, inspiration and serving as a meeting ground for industry leaders. And John Fennell, CEO of International Copper Association Australia is excited to be speaking at the event for another year. This year’s theme focuses […]

Is Copper Collaboration On The Books?

July 24, 2024 · General, John’s Blog, Mining

The growing shortage of copper is already triggering big shifts in the industry, but one of the biggest could be direct tie ups between mines & manufacturers.  There is a lot of talk about global copper supply, but its still something of a guessing game. The Bank of America says copper supply will be 15%—something […]

The Long Road To Copper

July 20, 2024 · General, Mining

It takes an average 24.1 years to develop a copper mine from discovery to production, but lead times vary widely across the world says a new snapshot. The study by S&P Global looked at 268 mines in 23 countries—including 13 mines in the US, 29 in Canada and 30 in Australia—and placed Australia 9th with […]

Today’s Waste Is Tomorrow’s Energy

July 9, 2024 · General, Mining, Net Zero

With a squeeze on supplies of copper, manufacturers of everything from cable to cars are increasingly using recycled scrap to meet the demands of the future. Recycling copper is not new of course. Copper can be recycled indefinitely without losing its value or performance. Every ton of copper that is recycled means some 200 tons […]

Space Age Copper

July 8, 2024 · General, John’s Blog, Mining

Two Australian companies are teaming up to use space technology & AI to speed copper discovery here, reportedly one of the world’s biggest data driven searches. That’s exciting news for all sorts of reasons. Number one it’s great to see technology being harnessed for practical, real world impact when a lot of talk about technology […]

U.S. Can’t Keep Up With Copper Demand

May 30, 2024 · Clean Energy, General, Mining

A new report says the USA can’t mine Copper fast enough to meet its ambitious goals to electrify the country.  Produced by Michigan University and commissioned by the International Energy Forum—IEF—the snapshot looked at 120 years of global data from copper mining companies. It concluded that current U.S. policy guidelines to transition the country’s electricity […]

Copper Cuts Climate Emissions

May 22, 2024 · Clean Energy, General, Mining, Plumbing, Smart Wiring

The carbon payback for additional copper ‘invested’ into improving energy efficiency is earned back 20 to 300 times over the lifetime of an energy system says a new European report.  And for renewables, the carbon emissions for producing copper is earned back in a matter of 1 to 2 weeks.  Increasing the cross section of […]

Copper’s Green Future In Asia Pacific

April 19, 2024 · Clean Energy, General, Mining

A new study by the CRU Group says copper’s future market share will be defined by the green energy transition and surging demand in India & Asia.  Commissioned by the International Copper Association—ICA—the study found that copper demand will grow from 28.3M tonnes in 2020 to about 41M tonnes by 2040. The strongest growth in […]

Artificially Intelligent Copper

April 12, 2024 · General, John’s Blog, Mining

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, seems to be everywhere these days and so I guess its no surprise its come knocking on copper’s door too. And that’s good news. From discovering new deposits to helping improve mine operations, it seems AI is shaping up to be one of the most flexible and innovative technological breakthroughs mining […]

Cutting Emissions Key Step To Net Zero Copper Mines

March 18, 2024 · Clean Energy, General, Mining

A new report lays out the steps that copper mines will need to take on ventilation and emissions reporting if they are to reach the goal of net zero mining.  Ventilation and Emission Reporting is the fifth roadmap to explore pathways to low emission copper mining following the earlier Roadmap, Water, Materials Movement, and Mineral […]

Discovering Copper Gets Critical

March 4, 2024 · General, Mining

Australia hasn’t had a major copper discovery in over a decade, but growing global demand suggests we need to rapidly fast track exploration. The last big copper discovery in Australia was by Sandfire at DeGrussa in Western Australia in 2009.  And while a spectacular high grade find at the time, it only lasted till last […]

Clean Energy For Big Copper Mine

February 7, 2024 · Clean Energy, General, Mining

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation is investing $99M to boost a South Australia wind farm to provide clean energy to BHP’s Olympic Dam copper mine. Olympic Dam, located 550 km north-northwest of Adelaide, has one of the largest copper deposits in the world. The Neoen Goyder South Stage 1 Wind Farm will generate 203 MW […]

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Featured

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…

Read More

Austral Resources – A growing Queensland Copper Producer

Austral Resources has joined the International Copper Association Australia as a growing Queensland copper producer, advancing a dual‑hub, multi‑mine strategy…

Read More

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