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What is the most common ore of copper?
The most often mined ore of copper is the mineral chalcopyrite.
What is low grade copper ore and what are the problems associated with it?
Low-grade copper ore contains a small amount of copper (1% or lower) and a big amount of waste rock. The problem with low-grade copper is that it breaks down and melts more easily than copper ore.
Where does copper come from'?
copper comes from beneath the earth
What is the process for extracting diamond from its ore?
Diamonds stones are not embedded in ore: at the mining site, diamonds are separated from other material by gravitational, tumbling movement with running water.
How can copper be extracted from its ore?
Decomposition
What Products do Rio Tinto Provide?
they make copper, aluminium, energy, diamonds and minerals and iron ore
What are some of the major natural features in Botswana?
diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore and silver
What ore is copper found in?
a copper ore
What ore is copper?
Copper ore is called CHALCOPYRITE.
How do you separate copper from it ore?
To separate copper from its ore, the process is called smelting. The copper and ore are heated and the copper turns to liquid which is then poured from the smelter.
Name one copper ore?
The mineral malachite is an ore of copper.
What is used to separate copper from its ore?
A refinery separates copper from its ore.
Is copper ore oxidized?
Most copper ore occurs as copper in combination with oxygen, yes.
Can you get gold from copper mineral?
many, but not all, copper ore deposits also contain gold
Where do you extract copper?
Copper Ore.
What is copper ore made of?
copper
How do you get copper metal from copper ore?
It depends upon nature of ore the most common ore of copper is Copper pyrite CuFeS2. the extraction of copper from this ore involves the following steps, 1-crushing, 2-grinding, 3-concentration of ore, 4-roastiong, 5-smelting, 6- preparation of blister copper and 7- electrorefining of blister copper.
