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Operation

Chuquicamata

Chuquicamata produced 225.5 kt of fine copper in the 12 months to July 2026. That is 17.37% less than in the 12 months before (272.9 kt). It is the 6th largest of the 33 operations the table details and accounts for 4.36% of the country's copper.

Some of its figures are reported together with other operations: Chuquicamata + Radomiro Tomic (Cochilco).

Fine copper, 12 months to July 2026

225.5 kt

17.37%against the 12 months before

January to July 2026

112.4 kt

15.13%against the same period of 2025

Output in July 2026

22.4 kt

31.19%against July 2025Cochilco

Share of the country's copper

4.36%

6th of 33 operations

Who is behind it

Holder before the SMA (the environmental regulator)

Codelco SMA

It holds 53 environmental permits of the 53 of this operation's regulated unit.

Owners of Codelco

1 direct owner with the stake and the document that states it, on the platform.

Output month by month

Thousand tonnes of fine copper at 100% of the operation, since January 2014.

02040602014201620182020202220242026

The last twelve months

MonthOutputA year earlierChangeSource
July 202622.417.131.19%Cochilco
June 20262221.52.27%Cochilco
May 202613.726.948.88%Cochilco
April 202610.618.442.16%Cochilco
March 202616.121.926.51%Cochilco
February 20261413.72.26%Cochilco
January 202613.613.14%Cochilco
December 202528.743.133.3%Cochilco
November 202526.926.32.06%Cochilco
October 202520.324.818.03%Cochilco
September 202520.822.88.91%Cochilco
August 202516.423.530.18%Cochilco

Output by year

Thousand tonnes of fine copper. Up to 2025, yearly figures; after that, the sum of its months.

02004006008002000: 630.1 kt20002001: 641.9 kt2002: 596.7 kt2003: 601 kt20032004: 691.8 kt2005: 676.2 kt2006: 634 kt20062007: 615.1 kt2008: 469.9 kt2009: 574 kt20092010: 595.9 kt2011: 443.4 kt2012: 355.9 kt20122013: 339 kt2014: 340.4 kt2015: 308.6 kt20152016: 302 kt2017: 330.9 kt2018: 320.7 kt20182019: 385.3 kt2020: 400.7 kt2021: 319.3 kt20212022: 268.3 kt2023: 248.5 kt2024: 289 kt20242025: 245.5 kt2026: 112.4 kt2026
See the figures by year
YearOutputSource
2026112.4 kt7 months
2025245.5 ktCochilco
2024289 ktCochilco
2023248.5 ktCochilco
2022268.3 ktCochilco
2021319.3 ktCochilco
2020400.7 ktCochilco
2019385.3 ktCochilco
2018320.7 ktCochilco
2017330.9 ktCochilco
2016302 ktCochilco
2015308.6 ktCochilco
2014340.4 ktCochilco
2013339 ktCochilco
2012355.9 ktCochilco
2011443.4 ktCochilco
2010595.9 ktCochilco
2009574 ktCochilco
2008469.9 ktCochilco
2007615.1 ktCochilco
2006634 ktCochilco
2005676.2 ktCochilco
2004691.8 ktCochilco
2003601 ktCochilco
2002596.7 ktCochilco
2001641.9 ktCochilco
2000630.1 ktCochilco

Environmental enforcement

71 records of the SMA on this operation's regulated unit.

See enforcement across mining
  • 69 Inspections
  • 1 Sanction procedure
  • 1 Compliance programme

Each record, with its case number, its status and its fine, is on the platform.

Projects

Projects of the public pipeline that target this operation.

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.