Falling refining fees put the global copper supply chain under pressure, just as US-China tensions threaten the metals trade. Copper refining costs have plunged, triggering warnings from Japan, Spain, ...

Bert Thin Films launches copper paste for backside solar cell metallization The U.S. startup has introduced a screen-printable copper paste for backside solar cell metallization that can be fired in ...

The US produces more raw copper than it consumes but lacks the processing capacity to turn it into usable metal, leaving manufacturers dependent on foreign refiners, a new report finds. Benchmark ...

LME copper hit an all-time high of 13,300 per tonne ($6.03/lb) on Jan. 6, marking a 50% year-on-year increase. Source: Trading Economics Along with all the usual applications for copper — in ...

The copper operation at the Kennecott mine in Utah is now supported by a new 25-MW solar project. Rio Tinto also installed a 5-MW solar project at the site in 2023. Construction on the 25-MW plant ...

Fri, January 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM UTC Before the end of the year sell-off for tax purposes in which millions of investors engage, gold prices were up as high as 70% before closing out the year up +62.31 ...

Using the mask-and-plate copper metallization technique, scientists at the German research center fabricated a 1.21 cm² perovskite–silicon tandem solar cell featuring a heterojunction bottom device.

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, ...