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Copper Weekly Brief — Week Ending 31 July 2026

      Copper remained elevated through the week ending 31 July, supported by tight mine supply, constrained concentrate availability and resilient long-term demand linked to electrification, grid investment and…

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Copper Weekly Brief — Week Ending 24 July 2026

  Copper ended the week near historically high levels as tight mine supply, falling exchange stocks outside the United States and resilient electrification demand continued to support the market. Against…

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Hillgrove Resources gains approval to start Emily Star

ASX-listed Hillgrove Resources has garnered board approval for the start of development at Emily Star as the third underground mining front of the Kanmantoo copper mine, in South Australia.   The development requires between $20-million and $22-million of…

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China’s Top Solar Firm Makes Switch from Silver to Copper

China’s biggest solar maker, LONGi Green Energy, has started mass production of solar cells that replace silver with copper at a new plant in Shaanxi — a key step in…

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China Backs Village Wiring Safety

May 16, 2018 · General, Smart Wiring

An ICA China led project to significantly improve the wiring safety in traditional villages has been green lighted by the government. ICA China and the Guizhou Housing & Urban Rural Development Bureau have agreed on a Traditional Village Electrical Safety Demo (TVESD), with officials accepting the proposed copper intensive home-wiring model for each of the […]

India’s Cool Copper

May 16, 2018 · General, Plumbing

ICA India is working with the refrigeration and air conditioning industry to improve standards and boost research. ICA India has recently signed two Memorandum of Understandings with key Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning-HVAC-stakeholders to help improve energy efficiency standards, raise awareness, boost best practice and improve research and development. A Memorandum of Understanding with the […]

China’s Energy Transformers

May 16, 2018 · General

China is trialling replacing old transformers with energy efficient models. ICA China is working with a range of government agencies and companies to introduce more energy efficient transformers-also known as a “higher energy density transformer”-as old ones age. A trial case study with the local government in Zhenjiang city to replace ageing transformers and procurement […]

We Can Stop Hospitals Making You Sick

May 16, 2018 · General, Health, John’s Blog

Around 165,000 Australians pick up infections in hospitals every year. That’s a disgrace. It shouldn’t be happening, but copper embedded hospital uniforms could soon make a big dent in the problem. Hospital infections are spread mostly by touch. They hit already sick people hard, killing around 7% or keeping them in hospital nearly 6 times […]

OZ Minerals Gets Green Light

May 15, 2018 · Mining

One of Australia’s biggest copper-gold projects just got the go ahead. OZ Minerals says it has now received approval from the South Australian Government for the next phase of its planned $916M Carrapateena copper-gold project. The mine is expected to be a 4.25M tonnes per year copper-gold underground operation. With an estimated life of 20 […]

Copper in Human Health

May 15, 2018 · General

Copper is one of a relatively small group of metallic elements which are essential to human health. Here’s your essential guide. Can’t Live Without It These metallic elements, along with amino/fatty acids and vitamins, are needed for normal metabolic processes. However, as the body cannot synthesize copper, the human diet must supply regular amounts for […]

Global Copper Trends In Taipei Spotlight

May 15, 2018 · Uncategorised

ICA China’s 2018 Global Copper Industry Development Trends Forum in Taipei in April attracted some of the world’s biggest companies and the country’s leading manufacturers. The Forum drew a diverse group of experts from around the world and locally. Global companies Codelco, Anglo American and Glencore attended, as well as over a hundred local manufacturers, […]

Australia’s New Copper Region?

May 15, 2018 · General

The Australian Government says it has found new copper “hot spots” in Queensland and the Northern Territory that have huge potential for exploration. The new discovery lies between the areas’ two major resource hubs–Tennant Creek in the NT and Mt Isa in Queensland. The Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Matt Canavan, said these locations […]

Boosting India’s Electrical Safety

May 14, 2018 · General

ICA India is working with the Government and leading companies to promote ‘Electrical Safety in the Country’. The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in association with International Copper Association India (ICAI) recently ran the country’s 4th National Workshop on Electrical Safety’ to promote electrical safety and help to improve standards. Specifically the workshop examined safety regulations, […]

Copper in Human Health

April 13, 2018 · General

Copper is one of a relatively small group of metallic elements which are essential to human health. Here’s your essential guide. Can’t Live Without It These metallic elements, along with amino/fatty acids and vitamins, are needed for normal metabolic processes. However, as the body cannot synthesize copper, the human diet must supply regular amounts for […]

OZ Minerals Gets Green Light

April 4, 2018 · General

One of Australia’s biggest copper-gold projects just got the go ahead. OZ Minerals says it has now received approval from the South Australian Government for the next phase of its planned $916M Carrapateena copper-gold project. The mine is expected to be a 4.25M tonnes per year copper-gold underground operation. With an estimated life of 20 years, […]

All Change On Climate

March 18, 2018 · Clean Energy, General, John’s Blog

A new roadmap by the Climate Council makes a lot of sense. But in any shift on energy policy we still need to keep an eye on the bottom line. The ‘Roadmap To A Renewable Future’ sets out ways we can cut greenhouse gas pollution while continuing to embrace affordable and reliable clean energy as […]

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Featured

Copper Weekly Brief — Week Ending 31 July 2026

      Copper remained elevated through the week ending 31 July, supported by tight mine supply, constrained concentrate availability…

Read More

Copper Weekly Brief — Week Ending 24 July 2026

  Copper ended the week near historically high levels as tight mine supply, falling exchange stocks outside the United States…

Read More

Hillgrove Resources gains approval to start Emily Star

ASX-listed Hillgrove Resources has garnered board approval for the start of development at Emily Star as the third underground mining front of the Kanmantoo copper mine, in South…

Read More

China’s Top Solar Firm Makes Switch from Silver to Copper

China’s biggest solar maker, LONGi Green Energy, has started mass production of solar cells that replace silver with copper at…

Read More

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