copper

An American research institute has found gold and copper could be used to capture carbon dioxide emissions. Researchers around the world have studied copper’s potential as a means of recycling emissions in power plants: carbon dioxide is circulated through a copper catalyst and turned into methane, which could then power the rest of the plant. […]

Attacks on Britain’s power network because of cable theft doubled to more than 20 a day in 2011 compared with the year before. The worrying statistic is driven by high demand for copper with prices of up to $8,000 a tonne this week. Thieves are targeting the power grid in the hope of selling it […]

The protection against corrosion offered by copper canisters encasing nuclear waste has been called into question. Dr Peter Szakalos of the KTH Royal Institute, a Swedish chemical science and engineering school, said: “There are problems. The knowledge scientists have now show that what was put in to practice 30 years ago is void.” Speaking at […]