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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 286 (2021) [2] 2 Bingham Canyon
In the United States, copper mining has been a major industry since the rise of the northern Michigan copper district in the 1840s. In 2017, the US produced 1.27 million metric tonnes of copper, worth $8 billion, making it the world's fourth largest copper producer, after Chile, China, and Peru. Copper was produced from 23 mines in the US.
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
Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold deposit has one of the largest copper deposits in Australia. It is owned by BHP Group Limited (NYSE: BHP ). In FY2022, the mine produced 138.4 kilotonnes of copper ...
In this article, we discuss the 15 biggest copper companies in the world. To skip the industry analysis, you can go directly to the 5 Biggest Copper Companies in the World.
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.
In 2019, the country was the 4th world producer of gold; [3] 5th largest world producer of copper; [4] 5th worldwide producer of platinum; [5] 10th worldwide producer of silver; [6] 2nd largest world producer of rhenium; [7] 2nd largest world producer of sulfur; [8] 3rd largest world producer of phosphate; [9] 3rd largest world producer of ...
According to MiningIntelligence data, in 2021, Chile’s Codelco produced the most significant amount of copper with 1,728 kt, followed by Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) with 1,210 kt, and ...