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 ...
Money Morning

Copper Is About to Go Parabolic. Here's the Miner You Should Buy Now

Copper prices are surging on AI data center demand, and Rio Tinto is emerging as the top miner poised to profit from a looming supply shortage.
Business Wire

Ceibo Raises $30 million to Scale Advanced Copper Extraction Technology

SANTIAGO, Chile--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ceibo, an advanced copper extraction technology company, today announced it has raised a $30 million Series B financing. The round was led by Energy Impact Partners, ...
Nature

Chalcopyrite Leaching and Copper Recovery Processes

Chalcopyrite leaching processes are at the forefront of hydrometallurgical techniques for copper extraction. The dissolution of chalcopyrite, a primary copper–iron sulphide mineral, involves intricate ...
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Can Arizona Miners Unleash an American Copper Boom?

DRAGOON, Ariz.—In the boulder-strewn desert east of Tucson, miners are using sulfuric acid and bacteria to bring online the first new U.S. copper production in more than a decade. The metal is coming ...
Morningstar

Arizona Sonoran Achieves Average of 87% Extraction Rates of Soluble Copper in the Enriched Material

Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. (TSX:ASCU | OTCQX:ASCUF) (“ASCU” or the “Company”) an emerging US-based copper developer, announces results from 12 leach columns completed from its column leach ...
Reuters

Arava Mines to resume copper extraction in Israel

JERUSALEM, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Arava Mines, a unit of Mexican steel firm Altos Hornos de Mexico SA , has been persuaded to resume copper extraction in southern Israel by a 140 million shekel ($37 ...