History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c13.s2.t3.42
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c13.s2.t3.42
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The first mass scale copper extraction process might have been carried out by carbothermic reduction of Cuprite in a bowl or small shaft furnace because this does not involve the complicated treatment of sulphide minerals. A comparative stepwise flowsheet is given below :