Operation
Caserones
Caserones produced 140.1 kt of fine copper in the 12 months to July 2026. That is 15.85% more than in the 12 months before (121 kt). It is the 13th largest of the 33 operations the table details and accounts for 2.71% of the country's copper.
Fine copper, 12 months to July 2026
140.1 kt
15.85%against the 12 months before
January to July 2026
77.1 kt
10.37%against the same period of 2025
Share of the country's copper
2.71%
13th of 33 operations
Who is behind it
Holder before the SMA (the environmental regulator)
Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda. SMA
It holds 8 environmental permits of the 8 of this operation's regulated unit.
Owners of Minera Lumina Copper Chile Ltda.
We do not yet have a publishable source on its owners.
Output month by month
Thousand tonnes of fine copper at 100% of the operation, since January 2014.
The last twelve months
| Month | Output | A year earlier | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 4.6 | 11.8 | 61.49% | Cochilco |
| June 2026 | 11.3 | 11 | 2.41% | Cochilco |
| May 2026 | 12.5 | 9.3 | 34.62% | Cochilco |
| April 2026 | 10.2 | 9 | 13.37% | Cochilco |
| March 2026 | 13.5 | 9.5 | 41.93% | Cochilco |
| February 2026 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 25.03% | Cochilco |
| January 2026 | 13.4 | 9.9 | 35.61% | Cochilco |
| December 2025 | 15.2 | 10.3 | 47.46% | Cochilco |
| November 2025 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 18.29% | Cochilco |
| October 2025 | 10.9 | 10 | 8.89% | Cochilco |
| September 2025 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 4.33% | Cochilco |
| August 2025 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 43.93% | Cochilco |
Output by year
Thousand tonnes of fine copper. Up to 2025, yearly figures; after that, the sum of its months.
See the figures by year
Molybdenum
Tonnes of molybdenum at 100% of the operation.
- 12 months to July 2026
- 1,966t24.88%
- January to July 2026
- 1,055t9.9%
Environmental enforcement
19 records of the SMA on this operation's regulated unit.
- 11 Inspections
- 3 Sanction procedures
- 2 Sanctions in the public register
- 2 Provisional measures
- 1 Compliance programme
Each record, with its case number, its status and its fine, is on the platform.
The output figures are those of Cochilco's monthly table and yearbook, at 100% of the operation. The 12-month totals, the year-to-date figures and the changes are our own sums and differences on those figures. The sentences of this page are assembled from them: no language model is involved.