Extractive Metallurgy of Copper, Sixth Edition, expands on previous editions, including sections on orogenesis and copper mineralogy and new processes for efficiently recovering copper from ever-declining Cu-grade mineral deposits. The book evaluates processes for maintaining concentrate Cu grades from lower grade ores. Sections cover the recovery of critical byproducts (e.g., cesium), worker health and safety, automation as a safety tool, and the geopolitical forces that have moved copper metal production to Asia (especially China) and new smelting and refining processes. Indigenous Asian smelting processes are evaluated, along with energy and water requirements, environmental performance, copper electrorefining processes, and sulfur dioxide capture processes (e.g., WSA). The book puts special emphasis on the benefits of recycling copper scrap in terms of energy and water requirements. Comparisons of ore-to-product and scrap-to-product carbon emissions are also made to illustrate the concepts included. - Describes copper mineralogy, mining and beneficiation techniques - Compares a variety of mining, smelting and converting technologies - Provides a complete description of hydrometallurgical and electrometallurgical processes, including process options and recent improvements - Includes comprehensive descriptions of secondary copper processing, including scrap collection and upgrading, melting and refining technologies

Mark E. Schlesinger is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla and the University of Arizona. He has spent a combined 31 years of teaching at The University of Utah and the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is an author of: . Mass and Energy Balances in Materials Engineering . Extractive Metallurgy of Copper (4th and 5th English-language editions; Chinese edition) . Aluminum Recycling (two English language editions)Professor Schlesinger is a member of the (U.S.) Metals, Minerals, and Materials Society; the American Institute for Steel Technology; and the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration. He is a former Fulbright Scholar (Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), 2002), and Leif Eriksson Fellow (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2012-13). He was named a Fellow of ASM International (2018).

Extractive Metallurgy of Copper, Sixth Edition, expands on previous editions, including sections on orogenesis and copper mineralogy and new processes for efficiently recovering copper from ever-declining Cu-grade mineral deposits. The book evaluates processes for maintaining concentrate Cu grades from lower grade ores. Sections cover the recovery of critical byproducts (e.g., cesium), worker health and safety, automation as a safety tool, and the geopolitical forces that have moved copper metal production to Asia (especially China) and new smelting and refining processes. Indigenous Asian smelting processes are evaluated, along with energy and water requirements, environmental performance, copper electrorefining processes, and sulfur dioxide capture processes (e.g., WSA).

The book puts special emphasis on the benefits of recycling copper scrap in terms of energy and water requirements. Comparisons of ore-to-product and scrap-to-product carbon emissions are also made to illustrate the concepts included.

• Describes copper mineralogy, mining and beneficiation techniques
• Compares a variety of mining, smelting and converting technologies
• Provides a complete description of hydrometallurgical and electrometallurgical processes, including process options and recent improvements
• Includes comprehensive descriptions of secondary copper processing, including scrap collection and upgrading, melting and refining technologies

1. Overview 2. Production and use 3. Production of high copper concentratesdcomminution and flotation 4. Pyrometallurgical processing of copper concentrates 5. Theory to practice: pyrometallurgical industrial processes 6. Flash smelting 7. Bath matte smelting processes 8. Converting of copper matte 9. Continuous copper making processes 10. Copper loss in slag 11. Capture and fixation of sulfur 12. Fire refining (S and O removal) and anode casting 13. Electrolytic refining 14. Hydrometallurgical copper extraction: introduction and leaching 15. Solvent extraction 16 Electrowinning 17. Collection and processing of recycled copper 18. Chemical metallurgy of copper recycling 19. Melting and casting 20. Byproduct and waste streams 21. Costs of copper production 22. Toward a sustainable copper processing