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Copper Ore to High-Purity Copper, and the Quantification of Purity

Posted by Jason Davis on Jul 22, 2014 8:54:14 AM

Modern copper ores contain less than 0.6% copper, and less than 2% total volume of economic ore minerals (including copper). A majority of the ore is comprised of unwanted rock and gangue minerals (typically silicate minerals or oxide minerals). Separation of ore minerals from gangue minerals entails complicated and labor intensive processes.

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