A new snapshot by S&P Global predicts huge demand for copper but warns supply challenges could mean the world won’t be able to meet it. And that could seriously undermine the race toward a net zero future by 2050 the report’s authors suggest. We’ve been hearing these sorts of warnings for a while now, so […]
Oz Minerals Challenge Spurs Innovation
We’ve been a part of Oz Minerals Extraction Challenge for a while, so to see the seven groundbreaking new technologies outlined in their latest white paper is great news. Launched in February 2021, the Challenge explored ideas to disrupt traditional leach and electrowinning processes—and move towards lower impact on-site metals production as a result. It’s […]
Cutting Greenhouse Gases
The world may be heading toward net zero at a fast pace I’m glad to say, but the fact is progress is likely to be uneven for a while yet. Despite huge efforts by government and business to usher in renewable energy and electrification, I expect inefficient legacy systems, processes and products will remain a […]
Global “Materials Movement” Update
The second phase of Australia’s landmark Zero Emission Copper Mine of the Future Project–or ZECMotF–is rapidly developing a picture of global Materials Movement innovation. The Final Report is not due till July, but already ZECMotF is producing groundbreaking insights into new ideas, technologies and systems around the world. Like the Water and Zero Emission Copper Mining snapshot […]
Waste Not, Want Not
Oz Minerals is part of global efforts to transform tailings management into a fast-growing stream of value for smart mining and metals companies. Waste or tailings storage is a significant cost for miners as well as an ongoing environmental and social liability leading to growing pressure to deal with them more sustainably. According to a […]
Sandfire Joins Copper Major Ranks
Sandfire Resources recently completed a US$1.86B acquisition of the MATSA mining complex in Spain to transform itself into a major copper player. MiningNews reported Macquarie analysts describing the deal as a “game-changer”, saying it had transformed the outlook for Sandfire. MATSA is a substantial polymetallic mining complex in the Iberian Pyrite Belt producing about 100,000-120,000 […]
ReBuilding Australia’s Car Industry
The Carmichael Centre says Australia is in a unique position to take advantage of the global shift to electric vehicles and our extensive mining sector can help. Their new study Rebuilding Vehicle Manufacturing in Australia says the country can make electric cars in an “environmentally and socially transformative” way by drawing on its rich mineral […]
Materials Movement Is Next Zero Emissions Priority
Hard on the heels of COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference that attracted global attention, we’re doing our own bit to cut emissions. We’ve just launched the third deep tech research project—Materials Movement—as part of our ongoing Zero Emissions Copper Mine of the Future initiative. Materials Movement, which will start early next year, will take […]
The Waste To Value Challenge
OZ Minerals has launched a new initiative to find new ways to manage mining waste aimed at creating increased value and cut the mining sector’s overall environmental footprint. The Waste to Value Crowd Challenge—launched in partnership with the International Copper Association Australia, Almira Global and Unearthed—invites companies, startups and individuals from around the world to […]
Aussie Metals To Shine Says World’s Top Bank
The world’s top lender says Australia is likely to see a sixfold jump in demand for its metals, including copper, as zero emissions becomes globally critical. In particular the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said an expected 15% rise in the global metal price index will not only boost our yearly economic growth by 1%, but […]
Water Challenge Continues
It’s been a busy month since we launched the Water Report in Adelaide, the first instalment of the Zero Emission Copper Mine project. The Water Report is now up on the copper web site and is seeing steady traffic as all our key stakeholders in government & industry absorb its findings. We will be working with […]
Carbon Neutral Copper Mines Start With Water
A new global Water Report outlining how copper mines can embrace sustainable water use to help meet a carbon free future was launched at South Australia’s “Copper To The World” Conference yesterday. Sponsored by copper miners Sandfire Resources and Anglo American, the International Copper Association Australia and the Global Copper Alliance, the report is part […]
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