Freeport Indonesia to process 400,000t of copper concentrate at new smelter
Earlier this month, Freeport obtained an export permit for the rest of the year from the government.
Chile’s total copper production rose 2.9% in January to 437,900 tonnes, government body Cochilco said on Thursday.
Production from state-owned giant Codelco jumped 5.1% on a yearly basis to 127,000 tonnes, Cochilco said.
Output from BHP-controlled mine Escondida rose 15.2% to 93,300 tonnes, while Collahuasi, a joint venture of Anglo American and Glencore, produced 42,900 tonnes, a 16.4% decrease.
(By Fabian Andres Cambero and Valentine Hilaire)
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