Patent 8372254 was granted and assigned to Freeport-McMoRan on February, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electrode for use in producing copper in either a conventional electrowinning cell or the direct electrowinning cell is provided. The electrode includes a hanger bar and an electrode body coupled with the hanger bar. The electrode body includes at least one conductor rod having a core and an outer layer surrounding the core and a substrate coupled with the conductor rod.