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Operation

El Abra

El Abra produced 82.5 kt of fine copper in the 12 months to July 2026. That is 17.57% less than in the 12 months before (100.1 kt). It is the 17th largest of the 33 operations the table details and accounts for 1.6% of the country's copper.

Fine copper, 12 months to July 2026

82.5 kt

17.57%against the 12 months before

January to July 2026

49.2 kt

15.26%against the same period of 2025

Output in July 2026

6.2 kt

10.75%against July 2025Cochilco

Share of the country's copper

1.6%

17th of 33 operations

Who is behind it

Holder before the SMA (the environmental regulator)

SCM El Abra SMA

It holds 15 environmental permits of the 15 of this operation's regulated unit.

Owners of SCM El Abra

2 direct owners 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.

0510152014201620182020202220242026

The last twelve months

MonthOutputA year earlierChangeSource
July 20266.2710.75%Cochilco
June 20266.17.113.92%Cochilco
May 20266.88.317.46%Cochilco
April 202688.44.03%Cochilco
March 20267.89.618.33%Cochilco
February 20266.88.116.64%Cochilco
January 20267.59.723.05%Cochilco
December 20257.68.712.26%Cochilco
November 20256.77.813.54%Cochilco
October 20256.39.734.74%Cochilco
September 20256.28.224.43%Cochilco
August 20256.47.616.09%Cochilco

Output by year

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

01002003002000: 197.2 kt20002001: 217.6 kt2002: 225.2 kt2003: 226.6 kt20032004: 218 kt2005: 210.6 kt2006: 218.6 kt20062007: 166 kt2008: 165.8 kt2009: 164.1 kt20092010: 145.2 kt2011: 123.4 kt2012: 153.7 kt20122013: 155.6 kt2014: 166.4 kt2015: 147.2 kt20152016: 99.9 kt2017: 78.4 kt2018: 91.3 kt20182019: 81.9 kt2020: 71.9 kt2021: 72.7 kt20212022: 91.6 kt2023: 98.4 kt2024: 99.1 kt20242025: 91.4 kt2026: 49.2 kt2026
See the figures by year
YearOutputSource
202649.2 kt7 months
202591.4 ktCochilco
202499.1 ktCochilco
202398.4 ktCochilco
202291.6 ktCochilco
202172.7 ktCochilco
202071.9 ktCochilco
201981.9 ktCochilco
201891.3 ktCochilco
201778.4 ktCochilco
201699.9 ktCochilco
2015147.2 ktCochilco
2014166.4 ktCochilco
2013155.6 ktCochilco
2012153.7 ktCochilco
2011123.4 ktCochilco
2010145.2 ktCochilco
2009164.1 ktCochilco
2008165.8 ktCochilco
2007166 ktCochilco
2006218.6 ktCochilco
2005210.6 ktCochilco
2004218 ktCochilco
2003226.6 ktCochilco
2002225.2 ktCochilco
2001217.6 ktCochilco
2000197.2 ktCochilco

Environmental enforcement

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

See enforcement across mining
  • 5 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.