Rising copper demand is outpacing traditional supply. Dr. Liz Dennett, Founder and CEO of Endolith, explains why ore grade ...

Copper-containing rock hosts only a small percentage of copper. Most of the rock is unwanted material, typically referred to as gangue. Depending on to what minerals the copper is bound, the rock is ...

Decrease in transportation costs and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) due to a reduction of transported material from mine to mill Decrease energy consumption at the mill due to the higher feed grade ...

Lithium may store the power that drives out modern mobile world but it’s copper that delivers it. This malleable metal is a vital component in modern homes, electronics, and agriculture. But our ...

MARQUETTE, MI -- Eagle Mine, Michigan's first new mine in decades, has embarked on a multi-year tunneling project intent on reaching a second ore body under state forest land that could extend the ...

About 5,000 years ago, people living in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock by processing ore, an activity ...

Three thousand years ago, a group of metalworkers in what is now southern Georgia were trying to solve a problem. Their copper ores were messy, clogged with silica that turned to sticky glass in the ...