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STEP 4: WATERED DOWN BLACK POSTER PAINT WAS APPLIED AND

STEP 2: PRIME TEMPLATES WIPED AWAY AFTER A TIME TO GAIN WEATHERED/USED LOOK

STEP 1: FORM THE TEMPLATES STEP 3: SPRAYED TEMPLATE WITH COPPER ENAMEL

Copper Manufacturing

Copper is a major metal and an important •The process starts by breaking the ground.
element used by mankind. It's found in After the blast, the ore body is reduced into

mineral deposits all over the world. a reasonable size.

It is also the oldest metal known to man •At that stage, it is transported for further
and was found and used for the first time treatment.

around 10,000 years ago. And as alloyed in

bronze (copper-tin alloy) around 3000 BC, •Ore is fed into the plant. From the milling,
it was the first engineering material they now have to subject that product into

known to man. another process. That process is called
flotation. At flotation, that is where they

Today, the use of copper has grown to add chemicals.
include heating, cooling and cooling,

electrical wiring, communications, power EXAMPLES •Those chemicals are there to help separate

generation and transmission, automotive the copper. Its then taken to another stage,
applications, antimicrobial applications and it's call filtration.
many more.

•So at the smelter that is where it undergoes

heat treatment to produce the copper.