Browsing: Green copper mining technologies

• Did you know that the push to decarbonize the world requires immense volumes of copper? 
• Statistics show that the annual demand of copper could reach 50 million metric tonnes by 2050.
• However, large scale extraction of this vital mineral carries enormous cost to the environment.

Copper remains a vital mineral powering modern development, but its extraction comes at a significant cost to both the environment and economies.

According to the Vice Provost for Research and Enterprise and the Armourers and Brasiers’ Chair in Materials Science at Imperial College London, Prof. Mary Ryan, “Copper brought us out of the stone age, as an alloy, copper makes bronze and the latter is responsible for most all modern development.”

The scientist, in a report titled Mine copper without destroying the planet? she adds, “today, copper is the indispensable metal needed for almost all electrical wiring, plumbing, and industrial machinery… we owe a lot …