Metallurgical recovery of copper from smelting slags has emerged as a critical component in closing the loop on copper production and mitigating the environmental footprint of pyrometallurgical ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -JX Advanced Metals will likely cut copper production by tens of thousands of metric tons in fiscal 2025 compared with earlier plans and unveil a roadmap to reduce smelting capacity by ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...

Copper smelter cuts in China due to low processing fees are reducing refined copper supply. Mine closures and protests in Peru and Panama are further limiting copper supply. The falling US dollar and ...

China's imports of refined copper are set to rise in the second quarter of this year, driven by strong demand and potentially lower domestic output because of smelter maintenance, analysts and ...

The oldest and most intact copper smelting site in the world is now open for tours. Perched on the shores of the Keweenaw Waterway, the Quincy Smelter is the last of its kind. Opened in 1890s, the ...

At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a reactor the size of a small watermelon. Here, scientists with the mining technology startup Still Bright are using a ...

Still Bright hopes its chemical process could help replace polluting copper smelters. Demand for copper is surging, as is pollution from its dirty production processes. The founders of one startup, ...