Xiao, Tongxin; Shan, Guijuan; Albalghiti, Eva; Li, Jinhui; … - 2020
consumption continues to increase. Urban mining for scrap metal has emerged as a promising option for securing copper and aluminum … of obtaining one ton of copper or aluminum is found to be, on average, 3,000 US$ or 1,660 US$, which is significantly … lower than the cost of virgin mining. Moreover, in terms of the economic performance, copper may differ tremendously from …