Chilean copper production capacity rose 2.3% year-on-year to 477,300 mt in June

Chilean copper industry Codelco, the world's largest copper miner, rose 14.
9 percent year-on-year to 151,600 tonnes in June, up 6.
8 percent
year-to-date, Cochilco, Chile's national copper commission, said Tuesday.

Production at BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest copper mine, fell 21.
6% year-on-year to 82,900 million mt in the same month, down 14.
9%
in the first half of this year.

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the imposition of restrictions, including reductions in cathode production, Escondida has reduced some of its operating capacity, resulting in 11 consecutive months of declining
production.

Meanwhile, production at the Collahuasi copper mine, a joint venture between Glencore and Anglo American, fell 6.
7% year-on-year to 53,900 tonnes in June, up 2.
7%
in the first six months of the year.

Cochilco said the country's total production in June rose 2.
3 percent year-on-year to 477,300 mt
.