The expediency of processing iron-containing concentrate with low iron content, increased content of manganese and copper is considered in the article. To process such a concentrate, a metallization process is proposed to produce sponge iron with a reducing agent - carbon. It was found that in solid-phase reduction at 1150 °C iron is reduced to a greater extent, as well as small particles with a copper content of about 95%, manganese is not recovered. The simulation process of metallization with carbon at a temperature of 1250 °C shows that iron is mainly distributed in the metallic phase, to a lesser extent in slag phases, manganese is distributed in two phases - metal and slag, copper is presented as a separate phase of metallic copper in the composition with iron alloys, and also composes a part of iron alloys. The reduction degree from concentrate to the metallic part is 80 - 91% for iron and 95 - 98% for copper. The presence of metallized particles of various sizes, representing phases of iron with manganese and copper was found in the slags.