10% Rise in Copper Cathode Output

Iran produced 175,000 tons of copper cathode during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21, 2019) to register an increase of 10% compared with last year’s corresponding period, the Persian economic daily Donya-e-Eqtesad reported, citing data from the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade.
The cathode is the basic product of copper production.  A cathode—a 50 to 80 kg copper square—is produced when pure copper separates from unwrought copper in an electrolytic refining process.