Still Bright hopes its chemical process could help replace polluting copper smelters. Demand for copper is surging, as is pollution from its dirty production processes. The founders of one startup, ...

At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a reactor the size of a small watermelon. Here, scientists with the mining technology startup Still Bright are using a ...

On July 9, 2025, President Trump announced the imposition of a sweeping 50 percent tariff on all imported copper, effective August 1. The announcement followed a five-month investigation under Section ...

LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - An unprecedented collapse in conversion fees spells hard times for the global copper smelting sector. Sign up here. Smelters such as Jiangxi will receive just $21.50 per ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...

Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) recently ignited what it touts as the largest and greenest copper smelter in Africa, with first feed of concentrates expected by the end of this year. On Nov. 21, the Canadian ...