Copper's 'gatekeeper' could unlock cleaner energy future

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Apr 15, 2026, 1:00 am231 ptsTop
A common mineral hiding in plain sight could hold the key to making copper production cleaner, faster and more efficient, just as global demand for the metal surges to power the energy transition. In an article published in Nature Geoscience, researchers from Monash University's School of Earth, Atmosphere and…

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