Copper ore must undergo a complicated refining process to convert it into saleable high-purity copper products, as mined ore typically contains less than 1 percent copper.

The tankhouse is the last step in the copper refining process, in which copper anodes—plates weighing about 400 kilograms (more than 880 pounds) with a copper content of up to 98 percent recovered by ...

The industry will need to overcome high energy and labor costs, environmental regulations and a glut of cheap Chinese competition to make US copper smelting great again.

Copper producers will secure higher fees than a year ago for long-term contracts for turning ore into metal, as smelting capacity lags rising availability of raw materials in the world market ...

We Need Copper, and These New Methods Could Make Refining It a Lot Cleaner Element 29 is one of the critical metals for our energy transition.

Charges to refine copper concentrate (ore) into metal should remain stable in 2021 as the copper industry has come through the coronavirus crisis well, a senior executive at Aurubis, Europe's ...

Despite having limited domestic reserves, Gujarat is quickly becoming India's leading hub for copper production.

Kuusakoski to set up Finnish wire chopping facility Company says it will process aluminum and copper wire and cable. Kuusakoski says the wire chopping facility under construction will be integrated ...

The cobalt production is expected to make a significant contribution to the earnings potential of the Southern copper refining operations with margins expected to exceed 45% at capacity.

A new trend has emerged in the global copper industry, with some Chinese smelters agreeing to process copper from Chilean ...