ASIA COPPER WEEK 2017: Japanese smelters actively processing secondary raw materials to produce copper

摘要

Japanese smelters are actively processing secondary raw materialssuch as e-waste to compensate for declining copper, gold, silvercontent in concentrates, according to Toshiaki Sato, general managerof research, planning & coordination at JX Nippon Mining & MetalsCorp.E-waste, or e-scrap, comes from used electrical appliances andequipment such as circuit boards.