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OZ Minerals “Think and Act Differently”

Copper to the World 2026

In partnership with the South Australian Government, Austmine is pleased to announce the return of Copper to the World 2026, to be held on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 September…

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PanAust: Building Laos and Papua New Guinea’s Copper Future

  PanAust Limited is one of the International Copper Association Australia’s most geographically diverse members – an Australian-incorporated copper and gold producer whose flagship mine in Laos has been running…

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Copper Weekly Brief – Week Ending 21 August 2026

  Copper’s week was defined by the unwinding of a historic London Metal Exchange squeeze, a still-unresolved decision on whether US tariffs will be extended to refined cathode, and a…

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Copper Weekly Brief – Week Ending 14 August 2026

  Market setting Copper spent the week consolidating after last week’s record spike, when COMEX copper touched an all-time high of US$6.90/lb (US$15.21/kg, US$15,212/t) on 6 August. Trading Economics and…

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February 19, 2021 · General, John’s Blog, Mining

Ingenious Extraction is OZ Minerals first ‘Think and Act Differently’ incubator challenge. 

This is a challenge focused on finding new ways to extract metals like copper, gold, silver and cobalt from their concentrates. 

OZ are aiming at producing products with a very small environmental footprint while creating as much value as they can for all of their stakeholders.

This means eliminating carbon emissions along the entire value chain, reducing water consumption and minimising the waste that they produce. To get there they’re exploring alternative ways for producing metal products directly from copper concentrate onsite at their operations.

Early stage and novel concepts are encouraged as are commercially ready solutions.  

OZ Minerals have partnered with Unearthed for this challenge and detailed information is available on https://unearthed.solutions/  

You can find out a lot more information, including an introductory video, here: https://www.ozminerals.com/tad/ingenious-extraction-challenge/

This is a very exciting program and I encourage you to get involved.

Cheers 

John Fennell

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Copper to the World 2026

In partnership with the South Australian Government, Austmine is pleased to announce the return of Copper to the World 2026,…

Read More

PanAust: Building Laos and Papua New Guinea’s Copper Future

  PanAust Limited is one of the International Copper Association Australia’s most geographically diverse members – an Australian-incorporated copper and…

Read More

Copper Weekly Brief – Week Ending 21 August 2026

  Copper’s week was defined by the unwinding of a historic London Metal Exchange squeeze, a still-unresolved decision on whether…

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Copper Weekly Brief – Week Ending 14 August 2026

  Market setting Copper spent the week consolidating after last week’s record spike, when COMEX copper touched an all-time high…

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