Data from: 1 International Copper Study Group, 2015. 2 Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, 2016. Manufacture of copper. About 80% of the world's primary copper comes from ores in which copper is present as a sulfide mineral, for example, chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2) (the most abundant copper ore), bornite (Cu 5 FeS 4) and chalcocite (Cu 2 S). These ores contain typically only about ...