Codelco produced 111,700 metric tons of copper in Might, up a slight 0.7% from a yr earlier, the South American nation’s Cochilco copper fee mentioned on Wednesday, whereas different miners additionally elevated manufacturing.
BHP-controlled Escondida mine in the meantime lifted its manufacturing 26.5% from a yr earlier to 106,100 tons, whereas Collahuasi, collectively run by miners Glencore and Anglo American, noticed output rise 6.9% to 46,200 tons.