PROCESSING

Complex copper processing becomes more urgent

Solutions that salve cost and environmental concerns about arsenic and other contaminants in copper ores are the focus of much industry R&D reports Paul Harris

Paul Harris
Arsenic is undesirable in refined copper products as it allows cracks to appear during the forming process

Arsenic is undesirable in refined copper products as it allows cracks to appear during the forming process

The depletion of clean copper ores – those that contain low amounts of complex elements such as arsenic – and the growing need to process more intricate ores in an economic and environmentally sound fashion...

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