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Topic: Copper

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Climate change is behind rising metal and acid pollution in Colorado's mountain rivers

2024-08-02 in wyomingpublicmedia.org

Over the last 30 years, concentrations of toxic metals like zinc and copper have doubled in some of Colorado’s high mountain streams. Researchers blame climate change.

Tagged under: Colorado State | Rivers | Copper | Pollution | Climate Change

Copper producers warn of lack of mines to meet demand for metal

2023-10-09 in Financial Times

Warning comes as falling prices hit commodity vital for green transition

Tagged under: Copper

On the emerging copper shortfall, mainstream media notices

2023-06-04 by in resilience

Denying there are limits to resources doesn't negate this fact. It only makes it harder when limits appear because we are unprepared.

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Copper industry warns of looming supply gap without more mines - MINING.COM

2023-04-23 (or before) in mining.com

Demand for copper to build most electronic devices will exceed supply over the next decade and imperil climate targets unless dozens of new mines are built, analysts say.

Tagged under: Mining | Copper

These Giant Copper Orbs Show Just How Much Metal Comes From a Mine

2022-10-24 (or before) in WIRED Magazine

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Codelco shuts Ventanas smelter

2022-06-19 in Mining Journal | The leading publication for global mining news

Intoxication forces smelter shutdown

Tagged under: Chile | Sustainability | Copper

Frog back from the dead helps fight plans for mine in Ecuador

2021-11-23 in The Guardian

Campaigners say if copper mine gets go-ahead in cloud forest, the longnose harlequin, once thought to be extinct, will be threatened again

Tagged under: Wildlife | Trees | Copper