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