SHANGHAI, Apr. 6 (SMM) - Peruvian Energy & Mines minister said the country will step up copper production, and by the year 2021, copper production will reach 3.10 million tonnes, wenhua.com reported.

The country’s copper output is expected to be 2.35 million tonnes this year and next year.

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Peru outstripped China to be the world’s second largest copper producing country last year due mainly to big output growth at MMG’s Las Bambas mine and expansion at Freeport’s Cerro Verde mine. 

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