The Bagdad copper mine’s concentrate is shipped partly to Freeport/Phelps Dodge’s Miami, Arizona facility for smelting and refining, and partly to the mine’s pressure leaching plant in Bagdad for further processing into cathode copper.

Where it goes

  • Miami, Arizona: a portion of the concentrate is sent there for smelting and refining.
  • On-site pressure leach plant: the rest is shipped in slurry to the Bagdad pressure leaching facility.

What the source says

The article on Bagdad mine states that “part of the concentrate is sent to Phelps Dodge’s facility in Miami, Ariz., for smelting and refining,” while the remaining concentrate goes to the pressure leaching plant at Bagdad.

Practical read

So the short answer is: Miami, Arizona is one destination, and Bagdad itself is the other. The split depends on how the concentrate is being processed at that time.