Copper glossary

Terminology provides a common language for an industry to discuss matters internally as well as with its suppliers, customers and regulators. Copper's glossary covers the material streams, metallurgy, technology, production systems and products surrounding the copper value circle. Hereby a few sources of copper terminology: 

A short glossary of copper terms is available on this website:

Glossary of terms

For a more extensive glossary, refer to Dr Langner's website:

http://www.understanding-copper.com/glossary.php (accessed August 18, 2023)

To support its statistical program, the International Copper Study Group provides a series of definitions and descriptions for copper-based products:

https://icsg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Definitions.pdf (accessed August 18, 2023)

Various glossaries are available on the website of the Copper Development Association:

https://copper.org/search.php?q=glossary&submit=Search (accessed August 18, 2023)

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Last update: August 18, 2023