Recovery: related pages
Ore grade
A measurement of the metal content in ore.
Cash cost
The cost of a unit of a mines output, including all cash operational costs at site level.
Treatment and refining costs
The two main costs of extracting pure marketable metal from ore.
Cathode metal
Cathode refining is the purification of 99.5% of pure copper by electro-refining to produce 99.99% pure copper cathode.
Concentrate
Partially purified ore; an intermediate product which is further refined to produce metal.
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