List of countries by copper production
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This is a list of countries by mined copper production.
Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.
2023
[edit]Rank | Country/region | Production (thousand tons of)[1] |
---|---|---|
— | World | 21,550 |
1 | ![]() |
5,000 |
2 | ![]() |
2,600 |
3 | ![]() |
2,500 |
4 | ![]() |
1,700 |
5 | ![]() |
1,100 |
6 | ![]() |
910 |
7 | ![]() |
840 |
8 | ![]() |
810 |
9 | ![]() |
760 |
10 | ![]() |
750 |
11 | ![]() |
600 |
12 | ![]() |
480 |
13 | ![]() |
400 |
— | Other countries | 3,100 |
2020
[edit]Rank | Country/region | Production (thousand tons of)[2] |
---|---|---|
— | World | 16,890 |
1 | ![]() |
5,700 |
2 | ![]() |
2,200 |
3 | ![]() |
1,700 |
4 | ![]() |
1,300 |
5 | ![]() |
1,200 |
6 | ![]() |
870 |
7 | ![]() |
850 |
8 | ![]() |
830 |
9 | ![]() |
690 |
10 | ![]() |
580 |
11 | ![]() |
570 |
12 | ![]() |
400 |
— | Other countries | 3300 |
2017
[edit]Rank | Country/region | Production (thousand tons of)[3][4] |
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— | World | 19,939 |
1 | ![]() |
5,503 |
2 | ![]() |
3,462 |
3 | ![]() |
1,656 |
4 | ![]() |
1,260 |
5 | ![]() |
1,094 |
6 | ![]() |
859 |
7 | ![]() |
797 |
8 | ![]() |
742 |
9 | ![]() |
705 |
10 | ![]() |
622 |
11 | ![]() |
620 |
12 | ![]() |
605 |
13 | ![]() |
540 |
14 | ![]() |
419 |
15 | ![]() |
384 |
16 | ![]() |
314 |
17 | ![]() |
204 |
18 | ![]() |
153 |
2015
[edit]Rank | Country/region | Production (thousand tons)[5] |
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— | World | 19,100 |
1 | ![]() |
5,760 |
2 | ![]() |
1,710 |
3 | ![]() |
1,700 |
4 | ![]() |
1,372 |
5 | ![]() |
1,020 |
6 | ![]() |
971 |
7 | ![]() |
732 |
8 | ![]() |
712 |
9 | ![]() |
697 |
10 | ![]() |
594 |
Other Countries | 3,800 |
2012
[edit]1907
[edit]Rank | Country/region | Production (thousand tons)[6] |
---|---|---|
— | Worldwide | 723 |
1 | ![]() |
399 |
2 | ![]() |
61 |
3 | ![]() |
50 |
4 | ![]() |
50 |
5 | ![]() |
42 |
6 | ![]() |
27 |
7 | ![]() |
21 |
8 | ![]() |
15 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Copper" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries. 31 January 2024. p. 65.
- ^ "Copper" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries. 29 January 2021. p. 53.
- ^ Kay, Amanda (15 February 2018). "Top Copper Production by Country". Copper Investing News. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "World Mining Data - Data Section".
- ^ "Annual Publications - 2017: copper production in 2015" (PDF). USGS Minerals Information: Copper. USGS. 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. (1910), vol. 7, p. 109 - Copper. Production.—
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