April 4 news, Chile's National Copper Commission Cochilco said on Monday that Chile's copper production fell sharply in February. Although production by state-owned copper giant Codelco rose 0.7 per cent year-on-year to 123600 tons, production by other major miners fell sharply.
Chilean copper production fell 7.5 per cent to 394700 tons in February, Cochilco said in a report.
Production at the Escondida mine, controlled by BHP Billiton, the world's largest copper mine, fell 14.3 per cent year-on-year to 69900 tons.
Collahuasi production, a joint venture between Glencore and Anglo American, was 46900 tonnes, down 11.2 per cent from a year earlier.
