Chinese buyers need large quantities of copper ore
Copper ore refers to the general term for natural mineral aggregates containing copper that can be used. Copper ore is generally an aggregate of copper sulfides or oxides with other minerals that react with sulfuric acid to produce blue-green copper sulfate. The industrial minerals of copper are: natural copper, chalcopyrite, pyroxene, zoisite, blue copper ore, malachite, etc.
Natural copper minerals come in a variety of colors. Chalcopyrite is bright yellow, spotted copper ore is dark copper-red, oxidized to blue-violet patches; pyroxene (dicopper sulfide) is lead gray; copper blue (copper sulfide) is indigo; zoisite is steel gray; blue copper ore (ancient name Zengqing or stone green) is bright blue. In ancient literature, cyan means dark blue. The world’s proven copper ore reserves are about 600 million tons