Copper is a metal that came from the depths of the Earth millions of years ago, driven by geological processes that sculpted our planet. And when you get near the surface gave rise to various types of deposits.

Most of the available copper appears at present scattered over large areas, mixed with mineralized material and waste rock, from which our country Peru is one of the privileged countries with the largest reserves of it in the world.

Copper is part of the world around us. It's in our homes and in places where we work or study in the means we use to transport, sophisticated and improvised devices in computers and industries, small ornaments and large statues. Besides copper wires carry energy and transmit information.

Their presence may go unnoticed, but it's there, used as a tough, durable, recyclable and with high thermal and electrical conductivity material. These are properties that ensure its validity as an essential raw material for the construction of civilization began thousands of years ago.

The construction industry is a major consumer of copper, used for wiring of buildings, water pipes and gas, thermal systems, roofs, finishes, or as a structural component.

Copper is essential for electricity generation and distribution as it is an excellent conductor of that energy. In the case of telecommunications is the most common raw material in the manufacture of telephone cables, and development of new technologies to increase efficiency in data transmission also positions this material as an important option for developing connectivity band wide.

Being in turn, one of the fundamental aspects in stimulating demand for the red metal promote new uses of copper, a metal element with properties that allow you to continue contributing to the development of civilization in the XXI century.