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Chile replies to copper demand

COPPER production from Chile rose nearly 14% year on year in October, with some 485,458 tonnes of the red metal produced. For the ten months of 2004, production of 4.4 million tonnes was up 9% on 2003s 4.04Mt.

Michael Quinn
Chile replies to copper demand

Platts reported that the increase in October was underpinned by a 24.5% rise in concentrate production (to 253,185t), while cathode output for the month fell 1.9% to 207,846t. Chile is the world’s largest...

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