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The metal that powers everything.

Copper ore and concentrate, offered by grade. The conductor behind wiring, electronics, construction and the energy transition.

Symbol
Cu
Form
Ore & concentrate
Grade & tonnage
On enquiry
2963.546
Cu
Cuprum[Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s¹
01 — Origin

Straight from the source.

The collective mines and processes on the ground the copper comes from, so what is offered is material it has handled from the pit onward. Form, grade and available tonnage are set against each enquiry rather than published from a sheet.

Conductivity
59.6 MS/m
Density
8.96 g/cm³
Melting point
1,085 °C
Recyclability
100%, no loss
02 — The chain

From ore to refined metal.

Copper changes hands several times between the ground and the wire. GTA works the early end of it.

01

Run-of-mine ore

Rock as it comes out of the pit, before any upgrading.

GTA supplies
02

Concentrate

Crushed, milled and separated on site to a shippable copper content.

GTA supplies
03

Smelting

Concentrate is fired to an impure metal. Downstream work, off GTA’s ground.

Downstream
04

Refining

Electrolysis brings that metal to the grade a mill or wire plant buys.

Downstream

Form, grade and available tonnage are confirmed against each enquiry.

03 — Applications

Where copper goes.

No metal in common industrial use carries electricity like copper, which is why it sits at the heart of the electrified world.

Copper electrical cable conductors
01 · Electrical & power

The world’s wiring.

The benchmark conductor: cables, busbars and the grid that moves power everywhere.

Printed circuit board with copper traces
02 · Electronics

Inside every circuit.

Traces, contacts and connectors at the core of every device.

Copper plumbing pipes
03 · Construction

Pipes, roofs, durability.

A wind farm at dusk
04 · Renewables & EVs

The energy transition.

An open-pit copper mining operation
04 — At the pit

Owned and run by mining engineers.

A collective of operations across South America. Pit, crusher, screen, sized product — one chain, one standard, one point of contact.

PitCrusherScreenSized product
A bulk carrier ready to load mineral cargo

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