Chalcopyrite's silver lining could unlock cleaner copper production

Chalcopyrite's silver lining could unlock cleaner copper production

Image: Prasanth/stock.adobe.comA common mineral long embedded in global copper supply chains could hold the key to cleaner, faster and more efficient production, as demand for the red metal surges to support the energy transition. Research from Monash University, published in Nature Geoscience, has shed new light on chalcopyrite, the mineral responsible for around 70 per cent of the world’s copper, and why it has remained difficult to process de…