What is copper used for?
-plumbing
-copper wires
-pennies
-cookware
-making alloys
-lightning rods
-electronics
-copper wires
-pennies
-cookware
-making alloys
-lightning rods
-electronics
About Copper in Africa
Copper is one of the world's most important industrial minerals, and Africa is an important world producer. Copper mining in Africa goes back as far as antiquity, where copper was a main commodity used in art, as currency, and most importantly, in the making of bronze – a copper alloy made by smelting and adding tin. Copper production lulled for centuries during the Middle Ages, during which the use for copper as burial ornaments became ever more popular in Mesoamerica. Copper is a nonrenewable source.
How copper is extracted:
Copper is mined from the ground, then it is roasted and smelted into whatever copper product they're making.