Extracting (Smelting)

Extracting (Smelting)

1. Heating an ore strongly in a furnace

2. Produces impure copper

   • Can be purified by electrolysis

3. Requires a lot of heating and electricity

4. Phytomining

   • Plants are burned to produce ash which copper can be extracted

5. Bioleaching

   • Uses bacteria to produce solutions containing copper