Forms of Copper

Copper is shipped to fabricators mainly as cathode, wire rod, billet, cake (slab), or ingot. Through extrusion, drawing, rolling, forging, melting, electrolysis, or atomization, fabricators can form wire, rod, tube, sheet, plate, strip, castings, powder, and other shapes. These copper and copper-alloys are then shipped to manufacturing plants that make products to meet society's needs.