Copper
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
EPA-registered manufacturers (39)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Barrick · CA Canada
Basf Se · DE Germany
Groupo Mexico S A B De C V · MX Mexico
Grupo Mexico S Ab De C V · MX Mexico
Kghm Polska Mied S A · PL Poland
Show all 39
Taseko Mines · CA Canada
Aleris Rolled Products
Allied Metal
American Chemet
American Zinc Recycling
Americas Mining
Ames Goldsmith
Arconic
Barrick North America Holding
Basf
Bekaert
Carlota Copper
Chase Brass And Copper Co., Ll
Colt Refining
Ecka Granules Of America
Exide Technologies
Florence Copper
Freeport-Mcmoran
Imperial Z
Kennecott Utah Copper
Koch Industries
Libertas Copper
Luvata Appleton
Materion
Nalco- An Ecolab
North American Hoganas
Pinto Valley Mining
Scm Metal Products
Sims Recycling Solutions
Southern Graphic Systems
Stillwater Mining
Tennessee Aluminum Processors
The Renco Group
Univertical
EPA-registered importers (57)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Aurubis Ag · DE Germany
Basf Se · DE Germany
Glencore Plc · CH Switzerland
Grupo Mexico S A B De C V · MX Mexico
Hindalco Industries · IN India
Show all 57
Mitsui & · JP Japan
Morgan Advanced Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Oiles · JP Japan
Uacj · JP Japan
Abington Reldan Metals
Acupowder International
Alcoa
Aleris Rolled Products
Alter Trading
American Mining
Arconic
Aurubis Buffalo
Basf
Calbag Metals
California Steel Industries
Eaton
Eckart America
Elg Metals
Federal Mogul
Freeport-Mcmoran
Glencore
Heubach
Honda Trading America
I. Schumann And
Itochu International
Johnson Matthey Holdings
Kaiser Aluminum Investment
Koch Industries
Luvata Fabrication Na
Mitsubishi Corp (Americas)
Mitsui & Co. (U. S. A.)
Morganite Industries
Mueller Industries
Novelis
Nucor
Oiles America
Omnisource
Rio Tinto America Holdings
Schnitzer Steel
Schnitzer Steel Industries
Shine Bros
Southwire
Steel Dynamics
Steel Of West Virginia
Superior Essex
The Dow Chemical
The Lincoln Electric
Tms International
Tosoh America
Trafigura Trading
Tri-Arrows Aluminum
United Stars
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureEnergyWaterElectronicsTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Industrial Uses
Used in 22 sectors as 14 functional roles.
- •Abrasives in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fillers in Plastics Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fillers in Rubber Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Wholesale and Retail Trade (10%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in OtherProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (38%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (49%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Other (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Lubricating agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (23%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (11%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Plastics Product Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Services (21%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dyes in Printing and Related Support Activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Machinery Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Fillers in Machinery ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (56%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (43%)Processing—repackaging
- •Conductive agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Corrosion inhibitor in UtilitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fillers in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in OtherProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (55%)Processing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS7440-50-8
PubChem CID23978
DTXSIDDTXSID2023985
FormulaCu
Mol. Weight63.55 g/mol
SMILES[Cu]
Data Sources
DTXSID20239852026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
239782026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23978/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23978.json
7440-50-82026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7440-50-82026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json