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Copper anode suppliers are smelters with an anode furnace and casting wheel, and the traders who buy from them. A real supplier can name the smelter, give the chemical and physical specification of the anodes and accept independent inspection. On Copper Supply every member passes an ID check before they can message you, and you can post a free buying requirement so sellers come to you.
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Post it freeAnodes come from a smelter with an anode furnace, and there are only a few in Africa. A real supplier names the smelter and can show that the tonnage fits its output. A trader should have a contract with the smelter or written authority to sell.
A real offer gives both the chemistry (copper, oxygen, sulphur, nickel, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, lead, selenium, tellurium, gold and silver) and the physical specification (weight, size, flatness and lugs), because the refinery needs both.
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Post a buying requirement with the chemistry limits, physical spec, tonnage, delivery point and pricing basis. It is free. Members who sell anodes get an email within minutes, and you choose who to talk to.
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A copper anode is a fire-refined copper plate, typically about 99.0% to 99.7% Cu, cast with lugs so it can hang in an electrorefining cell. In the cell the anode dissolves and pure copper plates onto a cathode.
On the payable copper at the LME average over an agreed period, minus a refining charge, plus payable gold and silver, minus penalties for impurities. Some sales use a flat discount to the LME instead.
Electrorefineries, integrated smelter-refineries and trading houses. China and India have the largest refining capacity.
An anode is about 99.0% to 99.7% copper and still holds impurities and precious metals. A cathode is the product of refining the anode, typically 99.99% copper for Grade A, and is what fabricators buy.
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Typical copper anode specification
Anodes hang side by side in a refining cell. If they are bent, uneven in weight or have weak lugs, they can short-circuit or dissolve unevenly, which lowers output and cathode quality. Refineries set physical limits in the contract.
Yes. Smelters in the DRC and Zambia cast anodes, and new smelters in the DRC have raised African output. A real offer names the smelter, and the tonnage should fit what it produces.
Independent inspection is the backbone of safe copper trading. What an inspector checks, which report you need at which stage, and how to verify one.