This is a list of countries by mined copper production.
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
editRank | Country/region | Production (× 1000 tons)[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
editRank | Country/region | Production (× 1000 tons)[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
editRank | Country/region | Production (× 1000 tons)[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
editRank | Country/region | Production (× 1000 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
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editRank | Country/region | Production (× 1000 tons)[6] |
---|---|---|
— | World | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Copper" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries. 31 January 2024. p. 65.
- ^ "Copper" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries. 29 January 2021. p. 53.
- ^ Kay, Amanda (15 February 2018). "Top Copper Production by Country". Copper Investing News. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "World Mining Data - Data Section".
- ^ "Annual Publications - 2017: copper production in 2015" (PDF). USGS Minerals Information: Copper. USGS. 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. (1910), vol. 7, p. 109 - Copper. Production.—
Further reading
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