Sceptical mine boss won over by uni's copper refining breakthrough Copper production in outback Queensland is facing a ticking clock, but researchers say a new refining process developed at the University of Queensland could slash production costs.

Cheaper, cleaner copper technology offers a lifeline as Mount Isa weighs uncertain future

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Firestarter: Early Neolithic experiments in copper metallurgy Manufactured between around 3,300 and 3,000 BC, the Arslantape arsenic-copper swords, famous as the world’s oldest (yet) known such weapons, are evidence of the high level of metalworking in …

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On the early beginnings of #pyrometallurgy 🔥⚒️ - and some new finds from the Pre-Pottery #Neolithic of southeastern Anatolia.

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