Peruvian copper production increased by 3.9% in 2017, with higher volumes from MMG's Las Bambas and Chinalco's Toromocho offsetting the small declines at other major mines.
The country produced a total of 2.45 million tonnes of copper last year, compared with 2.35 million tonnes in 2016, Peru's energy and mines ministry, MEM, said its website on Sunday February 4. Meanwhile, the average copper price on the London Metal Exchange in 2017 rose 26% from the previous year, to...