Approximately two tons of overburden must be removed along with each ton of copper ore. The ratio of overburden to ore is sometimes as high as 5 to 1. The ore itself averages less than 0.7% copper in US mines. Copper ore normally is crushed, ground, and concentrated, usually by flotation, to produce a beneficiated ore containing about 25% copper.
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Get PriceRaw Materials. The most common are known as sulfide ores in which the copper is chemically bonded with sulfur . Others are known as oxide ores, carbonate ores, or mixed ores depending on the chemicals present. Many copper ores also contain significant quantities of
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