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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.
Cananea Copper Mine, Sonora, Mexico. Mining in Mexico represented 2.4% of the nation's gross domestic product in 2023 and employed 350,000 people in 2020. Mexico is the world's largest producer of silver and a globally significant producer of gold, copper and zinc. In 2020, Mexico produced the world's 12th largest volume of minerals by value.
This is a list of copper production by company. 2022. 2021 [1] Rank Company Country Cu production (tonnes) 1: ... Southern Copper Corporation: Mexico: 1,001,800 7:
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 ...
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 ...
It is among the world's largest copper mines in terms of reserves, and has the longest remaining mine life of any major open-pit copper mine in the world, based on current production levels. La Caridad Mine, located in northern Mexico, produced 124,972 tons of copper in 2007.
On Aug. 6, 2014, after heavy rainfall, 10 million gallons (40 million liters) of acidified copper sulfate flooded from a waste reservoir at Buenavista mine into the Sonora and Bacanuchi rivers ...
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.