The principle of slag depletion process applied on modern copper smelting industry was presented based on the physical chemical characteristics of copper smelting slag.The analysis and comparison were specially focused on the technical economic parameters and profits of electric furnace and mineral processing depletion process which were widely accepted and used.The results show that mineral processing process is in accordance with the developing trend of slag depletion in modern copper smelter industry,and it is also beneficial to enterprise development and long-term interest of enterprise.