SHANGHAI, Jul 14, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News Select via Comtex) -- China's copper output in June rose 26% from a year earlier to 422,000 metric tons, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

Output was up 6% on month, the bureau said.

The world's largest copper consumer produced 2.32 million tons of the metal in the first half of the year, up 19% on year, it said.