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Copper refining, Guixi
Guixi, China28.29°N 117.24°E
computed criticality21/100
reading
≈45-50% of global copper refining; capacity +83% since 2020
2024Fault line
The ore comes from Chile, Peru and the DRC, but four of the world's five largest copper smelters are Chinese, Guixi (Jiangxi Copper) foremost. The West extracts, China transforms: the metal of transformer windings and HV cables passes overwhelmingly through its furnaces.
Actors
Jiangxi Copper (Guixi)
Tongling Nonferrous (Tongling)
Aurubis (Hamburg, alternative)
Depends on 5
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