A UK based company is spending $340M on a new e-waste recycling plant in the USA capable of retrieving valuable metals like copper from discarded electronics. Exurban will create the “world’s first zero waste smelter refinery” to offer a domestic, low carbon, circular solution to the global challenge of e-waste. The e-waste problem is huge […]
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 […]
Solar Shines On “Copper Paste”
A USA startup has come up with a commercial process to swap silver paste in solar panels for copper—known as “CuBert”—with impressive results and new investors. Co-founded in 2015 by an engineering professor and a post-doctoral researcher at Kentucky’s University of Louisville, Bert Thin Films is on a mission to promote copper paste as a […]
Copper Wipes Silver On Covid Surface Protection
Copper and Silver are well known for fighting infections, but German researchers found that copper coatings eliminates the Covidvirus. The same couldn’t be said for silver. The study—which has just been published in the journal Scientific Reports—analysed the antiviral properties of surfaces coated with copper or silver. Specifically the researchers from Ruhr-Universitдt Bochum and the […]
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 […]
Are Aussie Homes “Glorified Tents”?
Aussie homes are being called “glorified tents” costing residents hundreds more on their energy bills each year as pressure grows to build in higher efficiency standards. That chance comes this July when the country’s building ministers get together to review possible changes to the National Construction Code—NCC—which is only done once every 3 years. I […]
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 […]
India Rail Adds ‘Post Covid’ Copper Protection
The Indian Railway will begin utilising anti-microbial copper coating in passenger coaches to help prevent the spread of infections. The ‘Antimicrobial Copper Coating” will be used on door handles and latches, in train toilets and other key touch points of passenger coaches that are frequently used by commuters during journeys. The popular rail company is also […]
Time To Float The Energy
Energy is big news these days for all sorts of good and bad reasons, but a new report suggests we could be doing a lot more with offshore wind to decarbonise the world. The Global Wind Energy Council-GWEC-has just published a snapshot setting out big opportunities for floating offshore wind for countries across the globe. […]
Clean Energy Exports Edge Closer
An ambitious $30B project to produce up to 20GW of solar energy and export it to South East Asia gets $210M boost on way to reality. The plan to build a giant solar farm in the Northern Territory is expected to cover 12,000 hectares capable of producing 17-20 GW of solar generation backed up with […]
Your Home Gets Charged
The global spend on electric vehicle charging at home will exceed $16B in 2026, up from $3.4B in 2021 says a new snapshot. Those are big numbers, but the biggest shake up could be how we go about making sure our homes can actually handle it. It’s clear that the way homes use and store […]
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 […]
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