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 ...

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 ...

Last month, President Trump took the trade world by surprise yet again by announcing a 50% tariff on imports of copper. The imports covered by the tariff were worth $15 billion last year, per ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ByPeter Strozniak IBM's groundbreaking use of copper to manufacture a new generation of computer chips is expected to benefit the environment. IBM and the U.S. EPA recently reached an agreement over ...