In a sign of the times the NSW Government has rolled out a $32B investment roadmap for 12 GigaWatts of new wind, solar and storage based electricity. The plan targets new private sector investment in electricity infrastructure by 2030, including the development of renewable energy zones and energy storage projects. But it’s just another vote […]
BHP Backs Responsible Copper
Major global copper miner BHP has committed to the Copper Mark Responsible Production Framework covering areas like the environment, community, human rights and governance. In a media statement BHP said it has submitted its Letter of Commitment to the Copper Mark to cover the company’s copper assets in Escondida and Spence in Chile, and Olympic […]
Clean Energy Exports Big Copper News
I blogged about the huge Northern Territory solar farm exporting energy to Singapore last year, saying I’d keep an eye on it. Well it looks like it’s a goer. And that’s massive for copper. The $20B, 12,000 hectare, 10 GigaWatt solar farm—the world’s biggest—will use a hell of a lot of copper in the panels, […]
PanAust’s Covid-19 Response
Copper miner PanAust responded quickly to the pandemic to “ensure the safety of its workforce and local communities and safeguard the future of the business.” At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, PanAust and its subsidiary companies responded quickly to implement strict safety measures. The measures were guided by direction from the Company’s shareholder, Guangdong […]
Smart Cities Need Smart Copper
Smart city technologies in buildings, transport, infrastructure and energy will boost demand for copper, a new snapshot by the Martec Group shows. The new study— commissioned by the International Copper Association—found the total volume of copper in smart city technology is predicted to nearly double from 2.7M tonnes in 2019 to 4.8 M tonnes in […]
Pandemic Speeds Mining Re-Think
I was struck recently by an article in the Australian Fin Review talking about the future of mining in light of a potential pandemic re-set. Written by Accenture’s David Burns, who heads the company’s natural resources practice globally, it says the shock of Covid’s impact on mining operations is “accelerating its digital transformation”. He says […]
6,500-Year-Old Copper Workshop Discovered
Israel has unearthed a workshop for smelting copper ore that once operated in the Neveh Noy neighborhood of Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev Desert. Tel Aviv University and Israel Antiquities Authority which are jointly conducting the study believe copper-producing technology was a closely guarded secret. The new study, which began in 2017, […]
“Copper Mark” Tipping Point?
The copper industry’s ‘responsibly produced copper’ program “Copper Mark” has already signed up a number of miners, but now also has major partners in Google, Ford and Wieland. Copper Mark Partners are organisations in the copper value chain that use or rely on copper in their business and who make a public commitment to the […]
Copper Surfaces Are “Kryptonite” For Germs
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki’ from Australia’s national broadcaster the ABC asks whether we should be using “copper for all the surfaces we touch in all public transport, restaurants, kitchens, gyms and buildings.” Doctor Karl’s long running radio show on Radio National recently took a look at Copper surfaces and germs in light of the current pandemic, […]
Tiny Copper Accelerator Breakthrough
U.S. scientists have invented a microscopic copper accelerator that could make future X-ray lasers and accelerators for radiation therapy far more compact. Particle accelerators generate high-energy beams of electrons, protons and ions for a wide range of applications including X-ray lasers that film molecules during chemical reactions and medical devices for treating cancer. Scientists at […]
Freeport-McMoRan Commits To “Copper Mark”
American copper major Freeport-McMoRan has announced its commitment to the ‘Copper Mark’, a global standard to ensure responsible production and trading of copper. The company has started the process for six of its operating sites and has future plans to validate all its operating sites against the Copper Mark requirements. Copper Mark is the first […]
Australian Copper Set To Soar
Resources market analysts Fitch Solutions have just published research predicting a rosy future for Australia’s copper miners. The gold ones will do well too they say. They put this down to to their low costs of production, high-grades and good government regulations over the next decade. They also expect five years of growth for copper […]
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