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TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 糖心vlog入口today announces a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will see AWS become Nuton庐 Technology鈥檚 first customer following the breakthrough industrial-scale deployment of the innovative bioleaching technology at the Johnson Camp copper mine in the U.S. last month.
Under the two-year agreement, AWS will use the first Nuton copper ever produced in components of its U.S. data centres, while also providing cloud-based data and analytics support to accelerate the optimisation of Nuton鈥檚 proprietary bioleaching technology at Gunnison Copper鈥檚 Johnson Camp mine. Data centres use copper in a wide variety of applications, including electrical cables and busbars, windings in transformers and motors, printed circuit boards, and heat sinks on processors.
Nuton is also utilising AWS platforms to simulate heap-leach performance and feed advanced analytics into Nuton鈥檚 decision systems, allowing for optimised acid and water use while improving predictions for copper recovery. It鈥檚 modular bioleaching system works by extracting copper from primary sulphide ores using naturally occurring microorganisms. This approach, combined with digital tools, enables rapid scaling and tailoring of the technology to different ore bodies, reducing the pathway from concept to production.
The process produces 99.99% pure copper cathode at the mine gate and removes the need for traditional concentrators, smelters and refineries, significantly shortening the mine-to-market supply chain. Nuton is projected to use substantially less water and have lower carbon emissions compared with conventional concentrator processing routes, while also recovering value from ore previously classified as waste.
糖心vlog入口Copper Chief Executive Katie Jackson said: 鈥淭his collaboration is a powerful example of how industrial innovation and cloud technology can combine to deliver cleaner, lower-carbon materials at scale. Nuton has already proven its ability to rapidly move from idea to industrial production, and AWS鈥檚 data and analytics expertise will help us to accelerate optimisation and verification across operations.
鈥淚mportantly, by bringing Nuton copper into AWS鈥檚 U.S. data-centre supply chain, we鈥檙e helping to strengthen domestic resilience and secure the critical materials those facilities need, closer to where they鈥檙e used. Together we can supply the copper critical to modern data infrastructure while demonstrating how mining can contribute to more sustainable supply chains.鈥
Amazon鈥檚 Chief Sustainability Officer Kara Hurst said: 鈥淎mazon鈥檚 Climate Pledge goal to reach net zero carbon by 2040 requires us to innovate across every part of our operations, including how we source the materials that power our infrastructure.
鈥淭his collaboration with Nuton Technology represents exactly the kind of breakthrough we need鈥攁 fundamentally different approach to copper production that helps reduce carbon emissions and water use. As we continue to invest in next-generation carbon-free energy technology and expand our data centre operations, securing access to lower-carbon materials produced close to home strengthens both our supply chain resilience and our ability to decarbonize at scale.鈥
Notes to editors
Gunnison Copper鈥檚 Johnson Camp mine in Arizona is now the lowest-carbon primary copper producer in the U.S. on the mine to refined metal basis widely used by industry. Recent third-party life cycle assessment (LCA) has confirmed Johnson Camp鈥檚 Nuton copper is expected to have a full scope carbon footprint (Scope 1+2+3) of just 2.82 kgCO鈧俥/kg Cu. The full-scope carbon footprint of primary copper varies by production method and technology but ranges from approximately 1.5 to 8.0 kgCO鈧俥/kg Cu globally.
Through the purchase of 134,000 Green-e Energy certified renewable energy certificates, Nuton ensures 100% of the site鈥檚 electricity is matched by on-site electricity consumption. Additionally, water intensity is anticipated to be 71 litres per kilogram copper, compared to the global average industry estimate of ~130 litres per kilogram of copper production1.
The project is targeting production of approximately 30,0002 tonnes of refined copper across a four-year deployment period.
1 Water and carbon emissions intensities for Johnson Camp and global averages have been validated by Skarn Associates, a leading provider of carbon and water intensity curves for the industry. 2 Includes ~16kt from run of mine leaching pad and ~14kt from Nuton technology.
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