Pictures of copper ore and copper concentrate for Zambian customers
Copper is a typical pro-sulfur element, which mainly forms sulfides in nature and only forms oxides under strong oxidizing conditions and natural copper under reducing conditions. About 250 kinds of copper minerals and copper-bearing minerals have been found on the earth’s crust, mainly sulfides and their similar compounds and copper oxides, natural copper and copper sulfates, carbonates, silicates and other minerals. Among them, there are 16 kinds of minerals that can be used as raw materials for industrial minerals in suitable selection and metallurgy conditions. That is, natural elements: natural copper (containing nearly 100% copper).
Copper mineral raw materials suitable for metallurgical production are endowed in a variety of deposit types. Among them, the deposit types with important mining value: magmatic copper-nickel sulfide deposits, porphyry copper deposits, xenolithic copper and polymetallic deposits, hydrothermal vein copper deposits, volcanic-sedimentary massive sulfide copper deposits, sedimentary stratified deposits, etc..
The ore structure is complex, unevenly embedded particle size, mostly unevenly dipping particle size ore, and even a number of mineral combinations and groupings are finely embedded, the composition is complex, and there are more difficult to select ores.
The chemical composition of the ore is diverse, with a variety of associated and co-occurring beneficial and harmful components, and the selection and metallurgical process conditions are complex. Most of the developed ore areas are comprehensive copper deposits with co-occurrence of various beneficial and harmful elements. Through integrated mining and comprehensive utilization, the harmful elements can be turned into beneficial and waste into treasure.