Concentration
Copper ores are too lean in copper to be smelted directly. Therefore the copper minerals are isolated into high-copper concentrates by means of a flotation process.
Concentrates typically have a copper content between 25 and 35%.
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Copper ores are too lean in copper to be smelted directly. Therefore the copper minerals are isolated into high-copper concentrates by means of a flotation process.
Concentrates typically have a copper content between 25 and 35%.