List of countries by copper production

This is a list of countries by mined Copper production.

Production trends in the top five copper-producing countries, 1950-2012

Copper concentrates are commonly exported to other countries to be smelted. A nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.

2017

2017

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons of)[1][2]
	World	19,939
1	Chile	5,503
2	Peru	3,462
3	China	1,656
4	United States	1,260
5	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,094
6	Australia	859
7	Zambia	797
8	Mexico	742
9	Russia	705
10	Indonesia	622
11	Poland	620
12	Canada	605
13	Kazakhstan	540
14	Brazil	419
15	Mongolia	384
16	Iran	314
17	Spain	204
18	Laos	153

2015

2015

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons)[3]
	World	19,100
1	Chile	5,760
2	China	1,710
3	Peru	1,700
4	United States	1,380
5	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,020
6	Australia	971
7	Russia	732
8	Zambia	712
9	Canada	697
10	Mexico	594
	Other Countries	3,800

2012

1907

1907

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons)[4]
	Worldwide	723
1	United States	399
2	Mexico	61
3	Spain and Portugal	50
4	Japan	50
5	Australasia	42
6	Chile	27
7	Germany	21
8	Russia	15

See also

• List of copper mines

References

1. Kay, Amanda (15 February 2018). "Top Copper Production by Country". Copper Investing News. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
2. https://www.world-mining-data.info/?World_Mining_Data___Data_Section
3. "Annual Publications - 2017: copper production in 2015" (PDF). USGS Minerals Information: Copper. USGS. 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
4. Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. (1910), vol. 7, p. 109 - Copper. Production.—

Further reading

• http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/