Operation
Los Bronces
Los Bronces produced 178.1 kt of fine copper in the 12 months to July 2026. That is 14.63% more than in the 12 months before (155.4 kt). It is the 10th largest of the 33 operations the table details and accounts for 3.44% of the country's copper.
Some of its figures are reported together with other operations: Anglo American Sur (Los Bronces + El Soldado).
Fine copper, 12 months to July 2026
178.1 kt
14.63%against the 12 months before
January to July 2026
106.6 kt
14.51%against the same period of 2025
Share of the country's copper
3.44%
10th of 33 operations
Who is behind it
Holder before the SMA (the environmental regulator)
Anglo American Sur SMA
It holds 18 environmental permits of the 18 of this operation's regulated unit.
Owners of Anglo American Sur
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 | 12 | 12.7 | 5.61% | Cochilco |
| June 2026 | 15.9 | 12.6 | 26.71% | Cochilco |
| May 2026 | 15 | 12.1 | 23.09% | Cochilco |
| April 2026 | 15.2 | 12.3 | 23.46% | Cochilco |
| March 2026 | 17.5 | 13.4 | 31.36% | Cochilco |
| February 2026 | 15.2 | 11.9 | 28.17% | Cochilco |
| January 2026 | 15.8 | 18.1 | 13.01% | Cochilco |
| December 2025 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 4.45% | Cochilco |
| November 2025 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 17.31% | Cochilco |
| October 2025 | 14.3 | 12 | 18.4% | Cochilco |
| September 2025 | 14.5 | 11.3 | 27.86% | Cochilco |
| August 2025 | 14.6 | 12.3 | 18.68% | 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
| Year | Output | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 106.6 kt | 7 months |
| 2025 | 164.6 kt | Cochilco |
| 2024 | 172.4 kt | Cochilco |
| 2023 | 215.5 kt | Cochilco |
| 2022 | 270.9 kt | Cochilco |
| 2021 | 327.7 kt | Cochilco |
| 2020 | 324.7 kt | Cochilco |
| 2019 | 335 kt | Cochilco |
| 2018 | 369.5 kt | Cochilco |
| 2017 | 308.3 kt | Cochilco |
| 2016 | 307.2 kt | Cochilco |
| 2015 | 401.7 kt | Cochilco |
| 2014 | 404.5 kt | Cochilco |
| 2013 | 415.8 kt | Cochilco |
| 2012 | 362.7 kt | Cochilco |
| 2011 | 217.1 kt | Cochilco |
| 2010 | 217.3 kt | Cochilco |
| 2009 | 235.5 kt | Cochilco |
| 2008 | 233.7 kt | Cochilco |
| 2007 | 229.3 kt | Cochilco |
| 2006 | 226 kt | Cochilco |
| 2005 | 227.3 kt | Cochilco |
| 2004 | 231.6 kt | Cochilco |
| 2003 | 207.8 kt | Cochilco |
| 2002 | 181.4 kt | Cochilco |
| 2001 | 182.9 kt | Cochilco |
| 2000 | 181.4 kt | Cochilco |
Environmental enforcement
22 records of the SMA on this operation's regulated unit.
- 15 Inspections
- 3 Sanction procedures
- 2 Sanctions in the public register
- 2 Provisional measures
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.
- Implementación de las instalaciones para manejo de aguas contactadas y no contactadas, en Depósito de Estériles Donoso NorteFeasibility · Anglo AmericanUS$90M
- Proyecto Los Bronces IntegradoConstruction · Anglo AmericanUS$3,300M
- Proyecto Modificación instalaciones de Los Bronces: Remoción Tranque Pérez Caldera y adaptación del Recurso HídricoConstruction · Anglo AmericanUS$1,104M
Not disclosed by the source
These figures were looked for in the company’s reports and are not published. It is not data Veta IQ lacks: it is what the checked source does not report.
- Ore processed · checked in 6-K · TECK RESOURCES LTD · 2025-11-12, Jun 30, 2025
- Molybdenum production · checked in 6-K · TECK RESOURCES LTD · 2025-11-12, Jun 30, 2025
- Copper recovery · checked in 6-K · TECK RESOURCES LTD · 2025-11-12, Jun 30, 2025
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.