Copper MiningandProcessing:ProcessingofCopperOres
Copper processingis a complicated process that begins withminingof theore(less than 1%copper) and ends with sheets of % purecoppercalled cathodes, which will ultimately be made into products for everyday most common types ofore,copperoxide andcoppersulfide, undergo two different processes, hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy, respectively, due to the different ...