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The larger copper mines are open pit mines. Copper ore is blasted with explosives, and loaded onto transport vehicles by heavy equipment. The ore is taken to a processing plant where it is crushed, the copper is removed chemically, and smelted into ingots of metal.
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What happens when copper is exposed to salt water?
I did mine in my scieence fair project and nothing happend to the copper
Where do they mine copper ore?
in lumby swamp. :p if you needs other answers message me my username is Dlvllbv
How is copper usually found in nature?
i think they mine itCopper is usually found in nature in association with sulfur. Pure copper metal is generally produced from a multistage process, beginning with the mining and concentrating of low-grade ores containing copper sulfide minerals, and followed by smelting and electrolytic refining to produce a pure copper cathode. An increasing share of copper is produced from acid leaching of oxidized ores. Nearly as much copper is recovered from recycled material as is derived from newly mined ore.
Where is the largest open cast mine in the world?
One of the largest excavations in the world has been made by opencast mining at the Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah, USA, measuring 790 m/2,590 ft deep and 3.7 km/2.3 mi across.
Does copper occur naturally or made synthetically?
Copper is on the periodic table of elements. its 100% Natural - Copper was not present in the universe until after the first supernova. Nebula and stars cannot form elements heavier than iron during their lives. It is only after a star dies that it produces heavier elements like copper. Copper can be found on Earth in 'natural' form, as copper nuggets, without needing to mine for it. To be made into useful objects, copper must be smelted or turned into man-made alloys such as brass or bronze.
What is the largest copper mine in the world?
The Escondida copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile is the Worlds largest copper mine.
What does Copper Cliff mine?
The Copper Cliff Mine, near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, is a nickel mine.
What is the population of Mopani Copper Mine?
Mopani Copper Mine's population is 15,500.
What type of mine in Chili collapsed?
It is a gold/copper mine that collapsed in Chile.
How the copper is mined?
copper is mined usually from the rock and if you don't want it that way people don't really mine it they find it they only mine copper ore not copper.
What kind of mine was the Chile miners in?
a coal mineAnswer:The San José Mine near Copiapó, Chile is a copper and gold mine (primarily copper).
Why did people mine copper in the copper age?
Because copper is relatively easy to smelt.
Use mine in a sentence?
This mine is mine. Let's mine this lode!
What is made of copper?
Copper is an element - a natural, straight-from-the-mine metal.
Would it be profitable to reopen copper mines?
It would depend on the reserves that existed in the copper mine, and the market price of copper. If a determination is made that the copper could be extracted profitably, then the mine may be reopened.
What was mined from the Chile mine?
copper !
Why don't people mine copper?
They do.
