ENVIRONMENT

'Invisible' copper mine progresses in Australia

A COMPANY hoping to achieve an “invisible mine” using in-situ recovery to extract copper resources in South Australia could receive approval to undertake a six-week trial of its process in the short term.

Paul Hunt, Senior Journalist: Energy & Commodities
 The Kapunda copper-gold deposit.

The Kapunda copper-gold deposit.

Project proponent EnviroCopper is looking to mine copper and gold without blasting, open-cut or underground mining, but instead using wells more akin to oil and gas extraction. EnviroCopper's in-situ...

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