Copper Manufacturing
Primary smelting and electrolytic refining of copper from concentrate, secondary smelting of scrap, and the rolling, drawing, extruding and alloying of copper from purchased metal. Sulphide smelting is largely autogenous — oxidation of the charge supplies most of the process heat — so the sector’s direct emissions are led not by process CO2 but by fuel fired in anode and refining furnaces.
Hierarchy
Section titled “Hierarchy”Broader: Metal Manufacturing
Details
Section titled “Details”| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| produces | Copper (Products Taxonomy) |
| has emission source | Copper Smelting (Emission Sources Taxonomy) |
| has emission source | Industrial Furnace Combustion (Emission Sources Taxonomy) |
| broadMatch | Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining (NAICS 2017) |
| broadMatch | Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) smelting and refining (USEEIO Sector Classification (SEF v1.4.0)) |
| narrowMatch | Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying (NAICS 2017) |
| narrowMatch | Copper rolling, drawing, extruding and alloying (USEEIO Sector Classification (SEF v1.4.0)) |
Technical details
- IRI:
https://spec.decarbnexus.com/taxonomy/FND/Sectors/CopperManufacturing - Kind: Taxonomy Concept
- command token: copper
- command token: cu