How copper miners are squeezing their way out of a shortage

When easy options run out, industries get inventive. That’s where copper miners find themselves. Faced with vigorous demand, they are increasingly going after material from old sites, or ore once ...

Miners turn to bacterial ‘bugs’ to extract copper as prices soar

Copper miners are turning to vast waste piles, novel extraction technologies and even bacterial “bugs” in an effort to ...

HCL ties up with IMMT to develop pathways for extraction of copper, RREs

Central public sector enterprise Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has roped in city-based Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) for ...
Nature

Copper Leaching Processes and Optimization Techniques

Copper leaching remains a pivotal process in the extraction of copper from predominantly chalcopyrite-rich ores. Recent innovations have focused on enhancing the efficiency and selectivity of this ...
Mother Jones

We Need Copper, and These New Methods Could Make Refining It a Lot Cleaner

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a ...
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Americas Gold and Silver Achieves Breakthrough With 99%+ Antimony Extraction From Its Copper Concentrate, Supporting Potential Primary Production in the United States

These assay results indicate an antimony-to-copper ratio in the tetrahedrite ore that is approximately 0.64-to-1 (versus 0.69-to-1 reflected in the above historical results). Antimony and copper is ...
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Arizona Sonoran Achieves Average of 87% Extraction Rates of Soluble Copper in the Enriched Material

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. (TSX:ASCU | OTCQX:ASCUF) (“ASCU” or the “Company”) an emerging US-based copper developer, announces results from 12 ...