15 Understanding Copper The Second Part of the Value Chain TC/RCs and Premium in Smelting and Refining Assumptions Treatment Charge TC 60 USD/ton of concentrate Refining Charge RC 6 ct/lb Copper Copper Content 30 % Treatment Charge USD/ton Concentrate 60 USD/ton Refining Charge USD/ton Copper 0 06 1000/0 454 0 30 = 39 64 USD/ton
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Get PriceAnalysis of Copper Gold Ore Mining plants require various samples of the metals extracted from ore to be routinely analyzed including the feed crushed ore the tails waste ore left over after processing and the concentrate the final product Metals requiring analysis at a copper gold mine do not just include copper Cu and gold Au
Get PriceThe second step involving either smelting or leaching removes a large proportion of impurity elements—in particular iron and in the case of sulfide ores sulfur The final step refining removes the last traces of the impurity elements and produces a copper product of 99 99 percent purity Mineral processing
Get PriceThe large pieces of ore are collected by haul trucks and taken to a mill a large rotating device which makes the pieces smaller through crushing and grinding There are two types of copper ore sulphide ore and oxide ore and each is treated differently in order to liberate the copper inside Step 3 Sulphide ore treatment process
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Get Price3 Processing of Copper Ore The first step in processing the ore removed from the mine is to break the large rocks of ore into smaller pieces This is accomplished by a variety of subsequent processing steps 4 Beneficiation of Copper Ore The next step in processing is called beneficiation
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Get PriceC Sahyoun et al / The European Journal of Mineral Processing and Environmental Protection Vol 4 No 3 1303 0868 2024 pp 175 182 Approximately 80 000 tonnes of ore is processed daily 26 000 tonnes being milled in the autogenous circuit and the balance in the conventional circuit The primary crushers crush the ore to 100% passing
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