Interactive online map of copper production. World map of copper resources yield for 2015 exercise.

"World Copper Production" is a free online knowledge level game to find which country produce the most tonnes of copper for 2015. Interactive world map of copper production. Click on a region on the map to dig for copper, and collect 15 million tonnes. A small educational game for desktop computers, laptops and tablets, which may be played in the web browser. The Geography Knowledge Board include world map and 33 hidden places to play with. The game is part of the Interactive World Maps educational tools.

Here is the map of the world and 20 pickaxes on the top right of the screen. Click on the locations of the map to see how much tonnes of copper that region produce per year. The ammount of the copper production will be added in the bottom counter and one pickaxe will be lost. The purpose is to collect 15 million tonnes of copper per year, before you run out of pickaxes. The amount and locations are approximate and some regions will yield 0 copper to make the exercise more difficult. The exact amounts of copper production by country are in the "class subject" section.

Copper is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a reddish-orange color. It is produced in massive stars and is present in the Earth's crust in a proportion of about 50 parts per million (ppm). The largest mass of elemental copper discovered weighed 420 tonnes and was found in 1857 on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan, US. Most copper is mined or extracted as copper sulfides from large open pit mines in porphyry copper deposits that contain 0.4 to 1.0% copper. The following is a List of countries by copper production for 2016 from Wikipedia.

Thousand tonnes per year

1 Chile 5,760
2 China 1,710
3 Peru 1,700
4 United States 1,380
5 Congo (DRC) 1,020
6 Australia 971
7 Russia 732
8 Zambia 712
9 Canada 697
10 Mexico 594