Creating intricately-shaped plastic parts with a 3D printer is no longer a challenging process, but an everyday technology. However this scenario is quite different when the material is pure copper: ...

In this video, we focus on recycling copper from old broken electric motors into usable materials. The process includes extracting copper wires, melting the copper, casting ingots, forging them to ...

Molten copper is cast into copper anodes in the foundry of Aurubis AG, an employee is controlling the melting and casting process on February 7, 2014 in Luenen, Germany. Getty Images FRANKFORT, Ky. — ...

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