International Copper Association Australia

  • About ICAA
    • Projects
    • Partners
    • Global Copper Associations
    • Contact Us
  • News
    • Featured
    • General
    • John’s Blog
    • Innovation
    • Mining
    • Clean Energy
    • Net Zero
    • Health
    • Smart Wiring
    • Plumbing
  • Benefits of Copper
    • Air Quality
    • Electrical Safety
    • Energy Efficiency
    • Food Supply
    • Green Building
    • Human Health
    • Electric Vehicles
    • Sustainable Development
    • Recycling
    • Renewable Energy
  • Wiring
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing

News

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…

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 in strong demand worldwide.   Market overview Copper remains in…

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 percent nationally owned operation that has been delivering value to…

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 the Iran war amplifying energy‑cost and confidence shocks rather than…

Read More

What’s Most Important To Australian Cablers?

June 28, 2023 · General, Smart Wiring

Registered Cablers recently did a small survey of Aussie Cablers to find out what they’re most concerned about and what they’d like to know more about. It proved very interesting. We asked 2 big questions. First we asked Cablers to rate 10 topics they’d be interested in learning more about, ranging from the AS/CA S009 […]

Running Out Of Gas?

June 21, 2023 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Wiring

Weaning our homes & business off using gas is fundamental if Australia is to reach net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050 according to a new snapshot. The Grattan Institute said governments here need to set deadlines to end gas use while launching campaigns to help households go “all electric” that’s run on renewable energy. It’s […]

Copper—The Pathway to Net Zero: Brisbane June 27

June 14, 2023 · General, Mining

International Copper Association Australia (ICAA) CEO, John Fennell, spoke about the Australian copper industry’s own Zero Emissions Mining journey at the World Mining Congress (WMC) in Brisbane in June. While outlining the series of three technology roadmaps into sustainable copper mining ICAA has launched since 2020, John also highlighted the planned launch of the Collaborative […]

Keeping Copper Real

June 9, 2023 · General

Copper at home is back, be it in the kitchen, bathroom or living spaces, but all those bright, shiny products & gadgets might easily appear to be copper when it really isn’t.  A recent article by yahoo!life says spotting what’s fake from what’s not when it comes to copper is a growing problem given the […]

Is Our Future Copper Critical?

June 5, 2023 · General, John’s Blog, Mining

Late last year Australia joined an international group called the Sustainable Critical Minerals Alliance, committing us to the highest standards in the mining and processing of critical minerals. Critical Minerals are defined pretty much globally as metals or minerals “essential for modern technologies, economies or national security, and has a supply chain at risk of […]

Agreement Signed to Develop ‘CollaborateOre’ – a Collaborative Impact Platform

April 27, 2023 · General, Mining

CollaborateOre - International Copper Association Australia and Amira

A Collaborative Impact Platform that will aggregate knowledge and provide insights on technology and emerging research to deliver on the key industry challenges, including zero-emission mining, moved a step closer today.  Amira Global and the International Copper Association Australia (ICAA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly deliver a knowledge platform for the global […]

All The Way With The USA?

April 17, 2023 · General, John’s Blog

The USA Environmental Protection Agency—EPA—is proposing some of the world’s toughest car emissions in a bid to boost electric cars. Should Australia follow suit?  The new US policy will strengthen existing fuel efficiency standards to the point where 67% of vehicles sold in America will be electric by 2032.  In other words it will mean […]

Global Copper At A Glance

April 6, 2023 · Clean Energy, General, Mining, Net Zero

The latest global Copper Fact Book is now out and apart from being free has everything you need to know about the world’s hardest working and smartest metal. Produced by the International Copper Study Group—ICSG—in Portugal, the newest edition covers the red metal from every angle. From Copper basics like its history, benefits & properties […]

“Supercharging” Clean Energy Storage

April 3, 2023 · Clean Energy, General, John’s Blog, Mining

Australia’s top science agency, the CSIRO, has just released a Roadmap showing we could need 10 to 14 times more energy storage capacity in the National Electricity Market by 2050. Its a big topic & the Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap tapped feedback from 50 industry organisations as well as all levels of government. It’s had […]

Smart Electric Cars Drive Copper

March 24, 2023 · General, Mining

World demand for electric mobility-or eMobility-will only keep rising, but how much is that pushing copper demand too? A new study has some of the answers.  The new snapshot by the International Copper Association-ICA-and the Martec Group, shows demand for copper in the wire harness in the light-duty automotive industry is expected to grow over […]

Growth Of Responsible Copper

March 14, 2023 · General, Mining

An interview with Michèle Brülhart, Executive Director, The Copper Mark—the copper industry’s sustainability framework—has just been published by Hong Kong’s The Assay.  Tell us a little bit about your background? I have been with The Copper Mark since the organization was founded. But my background is in mineral supply chains, sustainability standards, and assessments – […]

Smart Aussie Solar Startup Scales Up

March 13, 2023 · General, John’s Blog

We wrote about SunDrive way back in 2021 when it created the world’s most efficient commercial-sized solar cell using copper. But a lot’s happened since.  Two years ago SunDrive’s cell achieved 25.54% efficiency, but they recently announced they’d hit 26.41% efficiency for a full-size silicon cell using their copper-based technology and large-scale production processes.  SunDrive’s […]

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • …
  • 37
  • Next Page »

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…

Read More

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter and receive the latest credible and independent news from the collective industry.

Subscribe now

About ICAA

  • About ICAA
  • Projects
  • Partners
  • Global Copper Associations
  • Contact Us

Our Other Websites

  • The Copper Mark
  • Antimicrobial Copper
  • Australian Registered Cablers
  • Smart Wiring
International Copper Association Australia Limited
Suite 1A, Level 7, 100 William Street
Woolloomooloo, NSW 2011

E-mail: enquiries@copper.com.au
  • ICAAsiaPacific on Twitter
  • ICAA on LinkedIn
  • Austral Resources
  • Tyree Transformers
  • MM Kembla Copper
  • Ok Tedi Mining Limited
  • Sandfire Resources NL
  • Glencore Australia
  • PanAust Limited
  • KEY Tubing & Electrical Pty Ltd
  • Aeris Resources
  • BHP
  • Cyprium Metals
© Copyright 2018 International Copper Association Australia Limited.