| Copper, which is useful to mankind for having the | | | | copper of the best grade is used for producing the |
| best electrical and thermal conductivity of all | | | | rod for this work. Needless to say, copper of such |
| commercial metals, excellent workability and good | | | | grade is very costly. On the other hand, |
| corrosion resistance, has no doubt faced great | | | | uncontaminated recycled process scrap and scrap |
| demands as of late. As copper demand is getting | | | | that are refined back to grade “A” quality by |
| greater, recycling it helps meet demands of copper, | | | | undergoing electrolytic process are also usable. |
| reduce energy consumption, and conserve natural | | | | The presence of impurities could cause undesirable |
| resources and also decreasing waste disposal. Copper | | | | problems, which would give expensive failures during |
| generally comes from two sources, the extraction | | | | hot rolling and casting. To take scrap copper for |
| and processing of the raw material that is called the | | | | recycling, scrap containing impurities must be well |
| primary production and also the recycling of the | | | | diluted with good quality copper before being utilize |
| end-of-life products and manufacturing scrap also | | | | for this purpose. However, when scrap copper is |
| called the “secondary production”. In many | | | | associated with other materials, it would be |
| parts of the world nowadays, nearly half of the | | | | frequently more economical to take advantage of |
| demands of copper are met from recycling. Thus, | | | | such contamination in comparison to attempting to |
| extreme care is taken to avoid wasting copper as it | | | | remove it by refining. |
| is precious and should be recycled whenever possible. | | | | A large variety of applications in the world utilize a |
| Usually, commercial supplies of pure copper are used | | | | wide range of copper based materials. Therefore, by |
| for the most critical of electrical applications. In order | | | | using the most suitable and cheapest feedstock for |
| to ensure high conductivity, freedom from breaks | | | | making components gives the most economic cost |
| during rod production and subsequent wire drawing, it | | | | price for the material. |
| is critical that purity is reproducibly maintained. Primary | | | | |