ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optomec -- a leading, privately-held global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing equipment and software today announced the development of a pure ...

Wang tells PV Tech Premium that copper offers a ‘a compelling combination’ of traits to replace silver. Image: AIKO. This Premium article, which was one of the most read Premium articles in 2025, has ...

A Colorado-based company has received a contract to qualify its copper additive manufacturing process for hypersonic flight. America Makes, an Ohio-based firm, will provide Ursa Major $4 million for ...

Additive manufacturing has been a revelation for many industries. It gives designers and engineers the ability to produce complex shapes and customized items on demand in a more sustainable and less ...

The ramp-up of the Kamoa-Kakula copper smelter will continue throughout 2026, with completion expected towards year-end.

An optimized process to manufacture high aspect ratio copper pillars with heights of up to 80 µm on 200 and 300 mm wafers. This work provides details of a complete and partially optimized process to ...

The smelter produced the first anodes in December 2025, approximately five weeks after the start of its heat-up process.

Scientists led by staff from Germany’s Fraunhofer ISE have demonstrated a new laser printing process in pilot production, which could replace silver paste and screen printing in solar cell ...

Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit seeks approval from Tamil Nadu authorities for its green copper plant initiative. The Madras ...

Ivanhoe Mines produced the first 99.7% pure copper anodes at its Kamoa-Kakula smelter on Dec. 29, 2025. The $700 million facility can process 500,000 tonnes of concentrate per year, making it Africa’s ...