Output at Codelco fell 12.1% in H1 vs H1 2018

Production at Chile’s state-owned Codelco copper mining company fell 12.1% to 769,400 tonnes in the first half of 2019 compared with the same period last year, the country’s Cochilco copper commission said on Wednesday.

BHP Group’s Escondida copper mine – the world’s largest – also saw production fall 12% in the first half to 569,900 tonnes, Cochilco said. And the Collahuasi copper mine in northern Chile, a joint venture between Anglo American Plc and Glencore Plc, produced 254,700 tonnes in the first six months of the year, 2.8 percent lower versus the first half of last year.