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Los Pelambres

Los Pelambres produced 299.4 kt of fine copper in the 12 months to July 2026. That is 5.42% less than in the 12 months before (316.6 kt). It is the 4th largest of the 33 operations the table details and accounts for 5.79% of the country's copper.

Fine copper, 12 months to July 2026

299.4 kt

5.42%against the 12 months before

January to July 2026

167.3 kt

3.71%against the same period of 2025

Output in July 2026

19.4 kt

22.76%against July 2025Cochilco

Share of the country's copper

5.79%

4th of 33 operations

Who is behind it

Holder before the SMA (the environmental regulator)

Minera Los Pelambres SMA

It holds 19 environmental permits of the 19 of this operation's regulated unit.

Owners of Minera Los Pelambres

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.

102030402014201620182020202220242026

The last twelve months

MonthOutputA year earlierChangeSource
July 202619.425.122.76%Cochilco
June 202630.625.818.74%Cochilco
May 202627258.02%Cochilco
April 202620.824.916.45%Cochilco
March 202627.726.64.15%Cochilco
February 202622.922.51.81%Cochilco
January 2026192420.85%Cochilco
December 202528.829.73.02%Cochilco
November 202524.727.610.77%Cochilco
October 202526.930.110.56%Cochilco
September 20252528.211.26%Cochilco
August 202526.827.31.8%Cochilco

Output by year

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

02004006002000: 308.8 kt20002001: 373.8 kt2002: 335.5 kt2003: 337.8 kt20032004: 362.6 kt2005: 333.8 kt2006: 335.2 kt20062007: 300.1 kt2008: 351.2 kt2009: 322.6 kt20092010: 398 kt2011: 426.1 kt2012: 417.7 kt20122013: 419.2 kt2014: 404.6 kt2015: 375.8 kt20152016: 367.8 kt2017: 356.3 kt2018: 370.5 kt20182019: 375.9 kt2020: 372.1 kt2021: 336.3 kt20212022: 284.1 kt2023: 310.6 kt2024: 331.2 kt20242025: 305.9 kt2026: 167.3 kt2026
See the figures by year
YearOutputSource
2026167.3 kt7 months
2025305.9 ktCochilco
2024331.2 ktCochilco
2023310.6 ktCochilco
2022284.1 ktCochilco
2021336.3 ktCochilco
2020372.1 ktCochilco
2019375.9 ktCochilco
2018370.5 ktCochilco
2017356.3 ktCochilco
2016367.8 ktCochilco
2015375.8 ktCochilco
2014404.6 ktCochilco
2013419.2 ktCochilco
2012417.7 ktCochilco
2011426.1 ktCochilco
2010398 ktCochilco
2009322.6 ktCochilco
2008351.2 ktCochilco
2007300.1 ktCochilco
2006335.2 ktCochilco
2005333.8 ktCochilco
2004362.6 ktCochilco
2003337.8 ktCochilco
2002335.5 ktCochilco
2001373.8 ktCochilco
2000308.8 ktCochilco

Molybdenum

Tonnes of molybdenum at 100% of the operation.

12 months to July 2026
11,147t10.12%
January to July 2026
5,348t20.26%
05,00010,00015,0002000: 5,053 t20002001: 6,933 t2002: 7,847 t2003: 8,688 t20032004: 7,853 t2005: 8,710 t2006: 9,847 t20062007: 10,156 t2008: 7,759 t2009: 7,792 t20092010: 8,759 t2011: 9,879 t2012: 12,216 t20122013: 8,969 t2014: 7,943 t2015: 10,150 t20152016: 7,164 t2017: 10,597 t2018: 13,352 t20182019: 11,256 t2020: 10,928 t2021: 9,275 t20212022: 7,270 t2023: 8,158 t2024: 8,402 t20242025: 12,505 t2026: 5,347.6 t2026
See the figures by year
YearOutputSource
20265,348 t7 months
202512,505 tCochilco
20248,402 tCochilco
20238,158 tCochilco
20227,270 tCochilco
20219,275 tCochilco
202010,928 tCochilco
201911,256 tCochilco
201813,352 tCochilco
201710,597 tCochilco
20167,164 tCochilco
201510,150 tCochilco
20147,943 tCochilco
20138,969 tCochilco
201212,216 tCochilco
20119,879 tCochilco
20108,759 tCochilco
20097,792 tCochilco
20087,759 tCochilco
200710,156 tCochilco
20069,847 tCochilco
20058,710 tCochilco
20047,853 tCochilco
20038,688 tCochilco
20027,847 tCochilco
20016,933 tCochilco
20005,053 tCochilco

Environmental enforcement

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

See enforcement across mining
  • 66 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.

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.