Chapter 7 Energy Use in the Copper Industry
The hypothetical open pit mine described in table 7 2 uses an average of 20 million Btu of energy per ton of cathode copper produced, or about 21 percent of the energy consumed in pro ducing copper see figure 7 1 . Approximately 59.7 percent of the energy is in the form of diesel or light fuel, 36.1 percent electricity, 2.4 percent


































