Below is a table of the usage of copper in America Building Wire16%Plumbing & Heating 14%Automotive 11%Electric Utilities 9%Air Conditioning & Commercial Refrigeration. 8%Telecommunications. 7%Factory Equipment. 6%Electronics. 6%Appliances & Extension Cords. 3%Other 20%TOTAL 100%http://www.unr.edu/sb204/geology/modern In America alone copper is widely used for lots of purposes, which many of us take for granted or just haven”t noticed it was there, The usage of copper is in increasing, in the 1970s a car was made up of 35 pounds of copper and today it has increased to about 50 aE” 90.