Highly electropositive metals can not be extracted by carbon reduction process because these:

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Metals combine with carbon to form carbides

Metals do not react with carbon

Metal oxides are not reduced by carbon

Loss of metal is more by vaporisation

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highly electropositive metals are soft metals and have weak metallic bond strength, due to which they vapourise easily compared to other metals

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