Copper output from Codelco down 10% in March

Escondida mine in Chile. (Image courtesy of BHP).

Copper production from Chilean state-run miner Codelco fell 9.98% year-on-year in March to 110,900 metric tons, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Tuesday.

Production at BHP’s Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper mine, fell 15.75% to 101,600 tons. At Collahuasi, another major copper mine jointly run by Glencore and Anglo American, output fell 10.80% to 31,400 tons.

(By Natalia Ramos; Editing by Sarah Morland)

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