South Australia’s mining industry is rising to the challenge of bringing new copper supply to the market, with mines expanding, new ones opening and projects pushing through the pipeline, Energy and Mining Minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan said at a conference in Adelaide on Tuesday.
In an opening speech at the Copper to the World conference, he said that the state’s mining industry was “energised” with positive developments, amid “immense” opportunities that were opening up for copper in the advancement of renewable energy and electric vehicles.