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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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Copper Weekly Brief — Week Ending 7 August 2026

Copper broke decisively higher this week, driven by an escalating supply scare out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, aggressive tariff-driven stockpiling in the United States, and a resilient structural…

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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 […]

Improving Breast Cancer Treatment

March 16, 2018 · General

New copper mesh technology SMART Armor could help protect tissue damage during breast cancer radiation treatment. A new study just published in the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics says copper is far better than lead in shielding patients during great cancer radiation. One in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, the […]

We Can Stop Hospitals Making You Sick

February 28, 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 […]

We Can Stop Hospitals Making You Sick

February 28, 2018 · General

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 […]

Determination of Temperatures experienced by the Elastomeric Seals within Copper PressFit Fittings used for Gas Applications on Metal Roofs – Extended Trial

February 23, 2018 · Plumbing

The Australian Gas Regulators had concerns about gas piping using copper PressFit being installed on or under metal roofs, due to the very high temperatures that the product could be exposed to in summer. PressFit fittings for gas have a HNBR (Hydrogenated Nitrile Butadiene Rubber) elastomeric O-ring seal inside the fitting which does not have […]

Data Driven Copper

February 22, 2018 · General, John’s Blog, Smart Wiring

Copper and technology is a huge topic these days, especially given its capacity to drive demand. And the boom in global data is right on message. A new study by iXConsulting points to massive growth in data centre capacity worldwide and with ‘hyperscale cloud service providers’ a big reason why. Copper has always been a […]

Data Driven Copper

February 22, 2018 · General, John’s Blog

Copper and technology is a huge topic these days, especially given its capacity to drive demand. And the boom in global data is right on message. A new study by iXConsulting points to massive growth in data centre capacity worldwide and with ‘hyperscale cloud service providers’ a big reason why. Copper has always been a […]

$2.5B for a couple of stadiums but only $1M for Copper exploration ?

December 14, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Mining

The recent offer by the Queensland Government to provide $1M to support Copper exploration in Queensland is definitely a step in the right direction. Especially given the looming copper supply shortfall globally predicted by BHP in their latest corporate video (LINK). BHP see lower copper grades, a lack of any major recent copper discoveries and […]

$2.5B for a couple of stadiums but only $1M for Copper exploration ?

December 14, 2017 · General, John’s Blog, Mining

The recent offer by the Queensland Government to provide $1M to support Copper exploration in Queensland is definitely a step in the right direction. Especially given the looming copper supply shortfall globally predicted by BHP in their latest corporate video (LINK). BHP see lower copper grades, a lack of any major recent copper discoveries and […]

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Featured

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

Copper Weekly Brief — Week Ending 7 August 2026

Copper broke decisively higher this week, driven by an escalating supply scare out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, aggressive…

Read More

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