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Sierra Gorda

Sierra Gorda produced 162 kt of fine copper in the 12 months to July 2026. That is 2.85% less than in the 12 months before (166.8 kt). It is the 11th largest of the 33 operations the table details and accounts for 3.13% of the country's copper.

Fine copper, 12 months to July 2026

162 kt

2.85%against the 12 months before

January to July 2026

89.3 kt

3.54%against the same period of 2025

Output in July 2026

12.5 kt

2.62%against July 2025Cochilco

Share of the country's copper

3.13%

11th of 33 operations

Who is behind it

Holder before the SMA (the environmental regulator)

Sierra Gorda SCM SMA

It holds 10 environmental permits of the 10 of this operation's regulated unit.

Owners of Sierra Gorda SCM

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 October 2014.

05101520201520172019202120232025

The last twelve months

MonthOutputA year earlierChangeSource
July 202612.512.22.62%Cochilco
June 202614.314.62.34%Cochilco
May 202612.614.211.38%Cochilco
April 202610.51212.51%Cochilco
March 202614.915.32.32%Cochilco
February 202611.5123.65%Cochilco
January 20261312.35.32%Cochilco
December 202514.916.17.9%Cochilco
November 202514.815.64.88%Cochilco
October 202512.512.92.97%Cochilco
September 202515.814.86.73%Cochilco
August 202514.814.80.31%Cochilco

Output by year

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

0501001502002014: 12.7 kt20142015: 87.9 kt20152016: 98.1 kt20162017: 101.7 kt20172018: 102 kt20182019: 114 kt20192020: 156.1 kt20202021: 198.2 kt20212022: 172.7 kt20222023: 150.2 kt20232024: 154.6 kt20242025: 165.3 kt20252026: 89.3 kt2026
See the figures by year
YearOutputSource
202689.3 kt7 months
2025165.3 ktCochilco
2024154.6 ktCochilco
2023150.2 ktCochilco
2022172.7 ktCochilco
2021198.2 ktCochilco
2020156.1 ktCochilco
2019114 ktCochilco
2018102 ktCochilco
2017101.7 ktCochilco
201698.1 ktCochilco
201587.9 ktCochilco
201412.7 ktCochilco

Molybdenum

Tonnes of molybdenum at 100% of the operation.

12 months to July 2026
3,845t0.06%
January to July 2026
1,676t18.39%
05,00010,00015,00020,0002015: 6,873 t20152016: 10,339 t20162017: 16,575 t20172018: 12,413 t20182019: 9,321 t20192020: 7,614 t20202021: 6,876 t20212022: 2,493 t20222023: 2,982 t20232024: 2,808 t20242025: 4,223 t20252026: 1,675.6 t2026
See the figures by year
YearOutputSource
20261,676 t7 months
20254,223 tCochilco
20242,808 tCochilco
20232,982 tCochilco
20222,493 tCochilco
20216,876 tCochilco
20207,614 tCochilco
20199,321 tCochilco
201812,413 tCochilco
201716,575 tCochilco
201610,339 tCochilco
20156,873 tCochilco

Environmental enforcement

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

See enforcement across mining
  • 3 Inspections
  • 1 Sanction procedure
  • 1 Provisional measure
  • 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.