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South Australia could be another Chile

The International Copper Association has urged South Australia to become a global innovation hub for copper mining by adopting a venture capital model that is taking off in Chile.

David Upton in Adelaide
ICA sees innovation that reduces production costs and improves sustainability as important to averting the threat of copper substitution threat.

ICA sees innovation that reduces production costs and improves sustainability as important to averting the threat of copper substitution threat.

The ICA's Washington-based director of technology development and transfer, Hal Stillman, told the recent Copper to the World conference in Adelaide that South Australia was in a strong position to lead...

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