Chile mines 1/4 of world’s copper, but smelts just 4%

Chile, the world’s largest copper producer, is mining nearly a quarter of global concentrate while smelting just 4.2% of the world’s copper, exposing a widening gap in a supply chain increasingly dominated by China. The country produced about 23% of...

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