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In 2007, Arizona was the leading copper-producing state in the country, producing 750 thousand metric tons of copper, valued at $5.54 billion. Arizona's copper production was 60% of the total for the United States. Copper mining also produces gold and silver as byproducts. [2] Byproduct molybdenum from copper mining makes Arizona the nation's ...
County and State Owner Source of copper Annual production (thousand tonnes) 1 Morenci: Greenlee County, Arizona: Freeport-McMoRan (72%), Sumitomo Group (28%) Open pit, copper-molybdenum ore, producing copper cathode, copper and molybdenum concentrates 286 (2021) [2] 2
In 2006, Arizona was the leading copper-producing state in the US, producing a record $5 billion worth of copper. [16] Over 60% of the newly mined copper in the U.S. comes from Arizona. When copper traded for an average of $3.30/pound, copper production generated nearly $5 billion for Arizona's economy in 2006 and $5.5 billion in 2007.
The Bagdad Mine is a large copper mine located in Arizona, in the southwestern part of the United States.Bagdad represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 873.6 million tonnes of ore grading 0.36% copper. [1]
The Morenci Mine is a large copper mine located near Morenci, Arizona, United States.Morenci represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 3.2 billion tonnes (3.5 × 10 9 short tons) of ore grading 0.16% copper.
But in a state that produces 70% of the nation’s copper, and in a town where nearly everyone’s parents and grandparents worked for the mines, the biggest bets for the future are on the ...
Production trends in the top five copper-producing countries, 1950-2012. This is a list of countries by mined copper production. Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.
The Pinto Valley Mine is a large copper mine located in Arizona, in the southwestern part of the United States. Pinto Valley represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 446 million tonnes of ore grading 0.25% copper. [1] It is located in Gila County, near the town of Miami.