. Umphumela wethusi okhiqizwe kabusha okhiqizwe kusuka ku-Waste Copper uphakeme kuneminyaka ephakeme ka-1.7%. Ukukhiqizwa kwe-Copper okucwengekile kweChina kukhuphuke amaphesenti ayi-6 esikhathini sesikhathi sikaJanuwari-Juni kusukela ngonyaka phambilini, ngokwezibalo ezisemthethweni. Ukukhishwa kwe-Copper okucwengekile kweChile kwakuphansi kuka-7% kudlula isikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka owedlule, nge-electrolytic ecwecwa ithusi up 0.5%, kepha ithusi le-electrorefining phansi 11%. E-Afrika, ukukhiqizwa kwethusi okuhlazinwe nakho eDemocratic Republic of the Congo kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-13,5 ngonyaka njengoba izimayini ezintsha zethusi zivulwa noma izibhamu ze-hydrometurvical zanda. Ukukhiqizwa kwe-copper ecwengekile eZambia kwandiswe ngamaphesenti ayi-12 njengoba ama-smends atholakale ekukhiqizweni kokukhiqiza nezinkinga zokusebenza ngonyaka ka-2019 futhi ekuqaleni kuka-2020. Imininingwane ye-SMELLED yeleveli ngo-2020. Idatha yokuqala Kukhombise ukukhiqizwa kwehla eBrazil, eJalimane, eJapan, eRussia, eSpain (SX-EW) kanye neSweden ngezizathu ezahlukahlukene, izinkinga zokusebenza kanye nokuvalwa kwezitshalo ze-SX-EW.