Copper

The copper mining industry is the Crazybloxian Empire’s 7th largest industry, making around 5.8 trillion in the mining industry. Copper mining began in 1862, when the mine was only powered by people holding pickaxes. The copper mining industry was threatened between 1862-1897 due to the industry being unprofitable. Copper miners still recieved salary, and when new mining tech was developed, the industry’s expense collapsed significantly and the copper mining industry started being profitable. The current method of mining copper kn tje Crazybloxian Empire is that large blocks of stone is taken, and cut up into smaller squares, and the copper is extracted. This method has been shown to be very efficient, with 12m tons of stone being extracted, and 8m tons of copper is extracted.

Consumption
Copper is mainly consumed by electronics manufacturers to manufacture electronics and other items. Around 200,000 miles of wire are made every month in the Empire’s 187,118 copper wire factories, scattered on the outskirts of Crazybloxia.

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