10% Rise in Copper Cathode Output

EghtesadOnline: Iran produced 175,000 tons of copper cathode during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21, 2019) to register an increase of 10% compared with last year’s corresponding period, the Persian economic daily Donya-e-Eqtesad reported, citing data from the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade.

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18 January 2020

The cathode is the basic product of copper production.  A cathode—a 50 to 80 kg copper square—is produced when pure copper separates from unwrought copper in an electrolytic refining process, Financial Tribune reported.