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How Is Copper Obtained? Copper Can Be Extracted from Its Ore by: Underground: Sinking a Vertical Shaft into the Earth to an Appropriate Depth and Driving...
How Is Copper Obtained?
Copper can be extracted from its ore by: Underground: sinking a vertical shaft into the Earth to an appropriate depth and driving horizontal tunnels into the ore. … The ore is treated with dilute sulfuric acid. This trickles slowly through the ore dissolving copper to form copper sulfate.
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How is copper mined or obtained?
Copper mining is usually performed using open-pit mining, in which a series of stepped benches are dug deeper and deeper into the earth over time. To remove the ore, boring machinery is used to drill holes into the hard rock, and explosives are inserted into the drill holes to blast and break the rock.
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