Chile's copper output up 2.6% in April despite Covid-19 restrictions - Cochilco

Chilean copper output rose by 2.6% year on year in April, with the country's three top producers all reporting growth despite restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.

The national copper commission, Cochilco, said on Tuesday June 9 that the country produced 470,600 tonnes of copper content in April, up from 458,600 tonnes in April 2019. Output was down from 494,700 tonnes in March, however.
Codelco, Escondida and Collahuasi saw a year-on-year increase in volumes, which offset the decline observed by Los Pelambres, Anglo American Sur and Esperanza.

Chile did not enforce a broad, national quarantine to control the spread of Covid-19, unlike fellow South American copper producer Peru,...

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