Copper & Copper Mining Videos

A great introductory video on the element copper from the University of Nottingham. It includes experimental insights, physical properties and practical applications.

View Video

The Bingham Canyon Mine is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the Oquirrh Mountains.

View Video

This is not a scene from Lord Of The Rings, this is how copper bullion bars are produced. Don’t drop the bucket!

View Video

A proffesional video descibing the opening of the Copper Mountain Mine in British Columbia, Canada. The financial cost and gain is also discussed in detail.

View Video

In this video produced for Rio Tinto, the process of copper extraction is presented in a wonderfully simple and fun way, making it an ideal starting point for anybody interested in copper mining.

View Video