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how to sustain copper?

how to sustain copper ore?

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Copper ore is not sustainable in lengths of time that are useful to us. The best we can hope for is recycling, new sources of ore (from asteroids, perhaps), and new technologies which obviate the need for the material. That happened somewhat for copper, when aluminum became available cheaply in the late 19th century, as aluminum is nearly as good an electrical conductor as copper.
What do you mean by sustain? Copper and all metals are recycled as much as possible. In most cases, it is easier to reclaim metal from scrap metal than it is to dig ore out of the ground and produce metal in the first place.

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