TUCSON, Arizona, December 04, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto has successfully produced the first copper from the Johnson Camp mine in Arizona using its Nuton ® Technology, marking a pivotal step ...

HANOI/BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - Fees to process copper concentrate in China, which have plummeted to their lowest level in over a decade due to short supply, could recover in the second quarter ...

Barry O’Shea, President and CEO of Highland Copper commented: “These metallurgical results represent another key milestone as we advance toward a construction decision in 2026. The outcomes support a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan, Spain and South Korea issued a rare joint statement on Wednesday expressing deep concerns over tumbling copper treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs), warning both smelters ...

Image credit: University of Queensland. Copper is a hugely important metal with a whole host of critical uses. Electrical wiring, plumbing and, more recently, renewable energies all depend on large ...

Copper smelting is an intricate high‐temperature process that converts copper concentrates into purer metallic copper through a series of chemical and thermal reactions. Central to modern smelting ...

The government of Zhejiang in China is aiming to develop the province as a leading copper processing center in China. To achieve this goal, the Zhejiang Economic and Trade Commission has laid out a ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optomec -- a leading, privately-held global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing equipment and software today announced the development of a pure ...

Wang tells PV Tech Premium that copper offers a ‘a compelling combination’ of traits to replace silver. Image: AIKO. This Premium article, which was one of the most read Premium articles in 2025, has ...

Additional critical mineral process improvements for the Alberta Hydrometallurgical Facility The NICO Project consists of a planned mine and concentrator in the Northwest Territories (“NWT”) and a ...

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. said it has been forced to stop processing copper at its giant mine in Panama after the government blocked it from loading the metal at a port in the country. The move ...

One of today’s key application panels focused on novel laser applications in the automotive industry, including a range of topics from production techniques for future vehicles, automated ...