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Production trends in the top five copper-producing countries, 1950-2012. This is a list of countries by mined copper production. Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.
A number of byproducts are recovered from American copper mining. In 2013, American copper mining produced 28,500 metric tons of molybdenum, worth about $700–800 million, which was 47% of total US production. [3] In 2014, copper mining produced about 15 metric tons of gold, worth $600 million, which represented 7% of US gold production. [4]
2016 [2]; Rank Company Country Cu production (tonnes) 1: Codelco: Chile: 1,827,000 2: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold: United States: 1,696,000 3: Glencore: Switzerland
Poland is the world’s leading country in electrolyte copper production. The country exported $5.97 billion worth of copper in 2021, making it one of the leading copper exporters in the world ...
Rank Mine County and State Owner Source of copper Annual production (thousand tonnes) 1 Morenci: Greenlee County, Arizona: Freeport-McMoRan (72%), Sumitomo Group (28%): Open pit, copper-molybdenum ore, producing copper cathode, copper and molybdenum concentrates
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Codelco pushed hard to lift its copper production from a 25-year-low at the end of 2024, but union workers and analysts question whether its tactics are sustainable as it ...
This is a List of countries by copper smelter production for 2020, figures are for primary copper production. [1] In 2020, world copper smelter production was 17.8 million tonnes. The top 10 countries accounted for 70% of the total production.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's vow of tariffs on U.S. copper and aluminium imports would result in higher costs for local consumers because of a shortfall of domestic production and ...