Copper Availability – Market Economy Countries. A Minerals Availability Program Appraisal

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• Personal Author:
  Boyle EH Jr. ; Porter, Kenneth E. ; Rosenkranz, Rodney D.
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines has investigated the availability of copper from 272 deposits in market economy countries. The deposits studied have demonstrated resources totaling 413 million metric tons of contained copper and account for more than 90 pct of the reserve base for market economy countries. Using data gathered as part of its minerals availability program, the Bureau performed geologic, engineering, and economic evaluations in order to determine the copper production potential of each deposit. At the 1981 copper market price of $0.85/Lb, the deposits studied could economically produce an estimated 88 million metric tons of copper (allowing for profit computed at a 15-pct rate of return), primarily from mines operating at the time of the study (1981). At this price, producing mines in market economy countries could economically produce only 2.1 million metric tons of refined copper per year. However, actual 1981 production was 6.2 million metric tons, indicating that many mines continued to operate even though they were unable to cover all production costs. For U.S. producing mines, the estimated average cost of production per pound (including profit at a 15-pct rate of return) was $0.15 Higher than the average cost in other market economy countries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Copper Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Copper-ores-deposits; Copper; International-trade; Economic-analysis; Mills; Refining; Availability; Metals; Production-capacity; Prices
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-30
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003351
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-189505
• Citation:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8930, 1983 Jan; :1-30
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8930
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:11588cac6b699168336daffc100ed434f74889948d049b2e446037ae8c361fa4bb193bf03221b491974c33289511ae7e2606d5f921f971610aa621d28fafd417
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/235747/cdc_235747_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.53 MB ]