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Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) is the most abundant copper sulphide mineral, but also the most refractory among the copper sulphides. Dump and heap leaching and bioleaching of copper sulphides is being implemented successfully at many locations where typically the ore comprises low grade material unsuited to concentration by flotation, and where covellite (CuS), chalcocite (Cu2S) or bornite (Cu5FeS4) predominate.