Information Circular 8598: An Economic Appraisal of the Supply of Copper from Primary Domestic Sources

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• Personal Author:
  Bennett, Harold J. ; Moore, Lyman ; Toland, Joseph E. ; Welborn, Lawrence E.
• Description:
  This study was performed by the Bureau of Mines to evaluate the potential supply of primary copper from domestic resources. A tonnage-price relationship was developed indicating the quantity of copper that could be produced economically from known deposits at various copper prices and at various rates of return on the required capital investment. Costs of production are based on estimated capital and operating costs for mining, concentrating, smelting, and refining the copper. Total known recoverable copper resources are 189 million short tons of which 83 million tons could be economically recovered assuming a price of $0.50 per pound of copper, credit for the recovery of byproducts, and a 12-percent rate of return on capital investment. The quantities of recoverable byproducts associated with the 83 million tons of recoverable copper are molybdenum, 1.8 million tons, gold, 43 million troy ounces, and silver, 740 million troy ounces. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Copper Economics Metals Metal Workers Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Commodities Copper Refining Cost Estimates Costs Economic Analysis Elements Environmental Management Smelting
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  IFOC - Intermountain Field Operations Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  170 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10009459
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-223727
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 223 727, 1973; :1-156
• CAS Registry Number:
  Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 223 727
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5cfbfb6780568a8192f01172d09e99540b7a49440aab5a9b2a05dbc7232324e999d4ebdd508b2e3979555bf2a5213083d30358f62621f14ae8ae4a988b8a2df1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206255/cdc_206255_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.60 MB ]