


Copper ores and concentrates | OEC - Copper Refining: From Ore to Market
Copper concentrate is the first commercial product of the copper production line and is composed of approximately equal parts of copper, iron and sulphide. Concentrates are the raw material for all copper smelters, which by processing it obtain an impure form of metallic copper, anode or blister copper, which is later used to produce high ...Oct 7, 2021 10:15AM EDT. Vale S.A VALE recently announced that it has temporarily suspended production of copper concentrate at its Salobo mine in Brazil after a fire partially affected a conveyor ...
