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Timber with a green-grey hue – treated with copper chromium arsenic (CCA) – is a common sight in New Zealand. But how many people are aware that it pollutes the environment, is associated with health risks and is a toxic waste complicating the transition to a circular bioeconomy?

Biden administration decisions to block major mining projects have drawn Republican criticism that the U.S. can’t meet its own demand. 

The maker of Jeep SUVs, Ram pickup trucks and other vehicles on Monday said it has invested $155 million into a copper mining project in Argentina for critical electric-vehicle battery minerals.

A painting by a Mexican worker who was trapped in a mine and a tiny copper bowl caught the attention of Australian authorities, leading to the artefacts being returned to Mexico.

The value of Indonesia’s nickel exports surged tenfold in five years after it forced buyers to set up refineries in the country. Now Southeast Asia’s biggest economy plans to use that blueprint to vault nto the ranks of higher-income economies by processing everything from copper to fish.

Full size upscale SUV and a Copper exterior — what a match!

A bustling and busy town in Kennicott, Alaska, US, once attracted thousands of miners from 1905 until 1938 and was responsible for over $200million of copper and nine million ounces of silver

Ottawa (AFP) - Canadian mining giant First Quantum Minerals announced Thursday the suspension of its operations at a major mine in Panama, saying it was being blocked from exporting copper abroad.

Peruvian protesters have temporarily lifted blockades of a key mining highway in the country's south, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, a boost for activity at major copper mines that saw activity hit in recent weeks as supplies were choked off.

OZ Minerals' annual profit has more than halved as lower commodity prices, labour shortages and energy costs cause short-term pain for the future-facing miner.

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