Market Survey on Copper - Indian Bureau of Mines

Market Survey on Copper - Indian Bureau of Mines Market Survey on Copper - Indian Bureau of Mines

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Figu Hiindalco Industries Lttd. (Birla Coppe er) 50% TONNES ure : 3.4 - IN Figuure : 3.5 - PRRODUCTIOON OF COPPPER CATTHODES, 2000-2001 TO 2009-10 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 NSTALLEDD CAPACITTIES OF COPPER SMMELTERS, 2009-09 Jhagadia Copper Ltd. 5% Khetri Coppper Compleex 3% YEAR 56 Indian CCopper Compplex 2% % Steerlite Industries (India) Ltd. 40%

Out of these 5 plants, no plant is producing copper at its full capacity. There was an appreciable increase in the production of copper cathodes in the country mainly due to emergence of smelters of Hindalco Industries Ltd. and Sterlite industries Ltd. which produced copper cathodes from imported copper concentrates. The production of copper cathodes which was 2.60 lakh tonnes in 2000-01 rose to 5.33 lakh tonnes in 2009-10. The total production of copper cathodes in India for last 10 years is given in Table: 3.6 and depicted in Fig.3.5. Table: 3.6 - Production of Copper Cathodes in India 2000-01 to 2009-10 Year Production of Copper Cathodes 2000-01 259,683 2001-02 335,769 2002-03 378,850 2003-04 395,967 2004-05 413,354 2005-06 529,248 2006-07 512,363 2007-08 501,485 2008-09 513,640 2009-10 532,865 (In tonnes) 3.4 SCRAP RECYCLING Copper and copper alloys have been recycled since ancient times. In past it was common practice that after a war the cannons were melted down to make useful items and in the time of war many artifacts including church bells were used to produce cannons. The entire economy of copper and copper alloys industry is dependent on economic recycling of any surplus products. However, the use of recycled copper does not necessarily fulfills the requirements of certain end-use industries without compromising the quality. Even in some cases, scrap copper is associated with other materials, for example, after having been tinned or soldered it will be more economic to take advantage of such contamination than by removing it by refining. Many specifications for gun metals and bronzes require the presence of both tin and lead so this type of scrap is ideal feedstock. In the Indian context, the collection of copper scrap is mostly in unorganised sector and the exact data on copper scrap generation is not readily available. The 57

Figu<br />

Hiindalco<br />

Industries<br />

Lttd.<br />

(Birla Coppe er)<br />

50%<br />

TONNES ure : 3.4 - IN<br />

Figuure<br />

: 3.5 - PRRODUCTIOON<br />

OF COPPPER<br />

CATTHODES,<br />

2000-2001<br />

TO 2009-10<br />

600,000<br />

500,000<br />

400,000<br />

300,000<br />

200,000<br />

100,000<br />

0<br />

NSTALLEDD<br />

CAPACITTIES<br />

OF COPPER<br />

SMMELTERS,<br />

2009-09<br />

Jhagadia <strong>Copper</strong><br />

Ltd.<br />

5%<br />

Khetri Coppper<br />

Compleex<br />

3%<br />

YEAR<br />

56<br />

<strong>Indian</strong> C<strong>Copper</strong><br />

Compplex<br />

2% %<br />

Steerlite<br />

Industries<br />

(India) Ltd.<br />

40%

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