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List of countries by copper production

This is a list of countries by mined copper production.

Production trends in the top five copper-producing countries, 1950-2012

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.

2023 edit

2023
Rank Country/region Production (thousand tons of)[1]
—   World 21,550
1   Chile 5,000
2   Peru 2,600
3   Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,500
4   China 1,700
5   United States 1,100
6   Russia 910
7   Indonesia 840
8   Australia 810
9   Zambia 760
10   Mexico 750
11   Kazakhstan 600
12   Canada 480
13   Poland 400
—   Other countries 3,100

2020 edit

2020
Rank Country/region Production (thousand tons of)[2]
—   World 16,890
1   Chile 5,700
2   Peru 2,200
3   China 1,700
4   Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,300
5   United States 1,200
6   Australia 870
7   Russia 850
8   Zambia 830
9   Mexico 690
10   Kazakhstan 580
11   Canada 570
12   Poland 400
—   Other countries 3300

2017 edit

2017
Rank Country/region Production (thousand tons of)[3][4]
—   World 19,939
1   Chile 5,503
2   Peru 3,462
3   China 1,656
4   United States 1,260
5   Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,094
6   Australia 859
7   Zambia 797
8   Mexico 742
9   Russia 705
10   Indonesia 622
11   Poland 620
12   Canada 605
13   Zambia 540
14   Brazil 419
15   Mongolia 384
16   Iran 314
17   Spain 204
18   Laos 153

2015 edit

2015
Rank Country/region Production (thousand tons)[5]
—   World 19,100
1   Chile 5,760
2   China 1,710
3   Peru 1,700
4   United States 1,372
5   Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,020
6   Australia 971
7   Russia 732
8   Zambia 712
9   Canada 697
10   Mexico 594
  Other Countries 3,800

2012 edit

 

1907 edit

1907
Rank Country/region Production (thousand tons)[6]
—  Worldwide 723
1   United States 399
2   Mexico 61
3   Spain and Portugal 50
4   Japan 50
5   Australasia 42
6   Chile 27
7   Germany 21
8   Russia 15

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Copper" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries. 31 January 2024. p. 65.
  2. ^ "Copper" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries. 29 January 2021. p. 53.
  3. ^ Kay, Amanda (15 February 2018). "Top Copper Production by Country". Copper Investing News. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. ^ "World Mining Data - Data Section".
  5. ^ "Annual Publications - 2017: copper production in 2015" (PDF). USGS Minerals Information: Copper. USGS. 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. (1910), vol. 7, p. 109 - Copper. Production.—

Further reading edit

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