Why is copper so expensive and how to get pure copper from copper wire ?

As we all know copper is expensive, the price of copper on the market is about seven dollars per kilograms. One of the reason why copper is so expensive is that copper is widely used in our daily life. Another reason is ore mining and smelting production can't keep up with the pace of demand growth, leading to a shortage of copper.

The reasons why copper is so expensive

Copper is a non-ferrous metal with excellent electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance, which is widely used in electric power, energy and petrochemical, machinery and metallurgy, transportation and other fields.

According to statistics, the total global copper production is only 21,698 thousand tons in 2016 and global copper demand has reached 21654 thousand tons, and showing an increasing trend every year. It can be seen that the shortage of copper is the main reason for the rise of copper prices.

Global copper supply and demand

So now comes the question: can scrap copper wire be recycled to get pure copper for reuse? and how to do that?

The answer is copper wire recycling machine. Since the price of copper is so expensive, we should recycle copper wire for reuse. But how do we recycle pure copper ? We can get pure copper from copper wire with copper wire recycling machine.

Copper wire recycling machine

Copper wire recycling machine is a kind of environmental friendly equipment, which is used to separate copper from plastic. Through crushing, then separation, the pure copper can be fully recovered from scrap copper wire. What's more, The the copper wire recycling machine adopts fully automatic PLC control system, only need one or two workers to operate it. The and no secondly pollution to the environment process of copper wire recycling machine adoptsbecause of its dry type physical methodprocess, thus no secondly pollution to the environment. With the use of electrostatic separation technology, the separation rate of copper wire recycling machine could reach to almost 99.9%, which is so pure that can be sold directly on the market at a very good priceyou can get pure copper from copper wire, the recycled copper can be sold directly on the market or for further use.

In conclusion, the price of copper is expensive and copper is widely used in many kinds of fields. It is necessary to get pure copper from copper wire. Are you interested in recycling copper from copper wire ? so what are you still waiting for? Contact us!