Monthly report
Chile's copper output, December 2025
Chile produced 512 kt of fine mine copper in December 2025. That is 9.16% less than in December 2024 (563.6 kt). In the 12 months to December 2025 it adds up to 5,388.1 kt, 2.14% less than in the same period a year earlier.
The 34 operations the table details produced 500.3 kt, 97.71% of the total; the rest comes from producers the table does not break down by operation.
What stands out
- 5 months in a row below the same month a year earlier.
- In the twelve months to December 2025 the country adds up to 5,388.1 kt, 2.14% less than in the twelve before.
- Radomiro Tomic: its highest month since December 2023, at 30.3 kt. Cochilco
- Andina: its highest month of its series, which starts in January 2014, at 24.1 kt. Cochilco
- Caserones: its highest month of its series, which starts in January 2014, at 15.2 kt. Cochilco
- Salvador: its highest month since December 2018, at 11.5 kt. Cochilco
- Mantoverde: its highest month of its series, which starts in January 2014, at 10.7 kt. Cochilco
- Zaldívar: its highest month since January 2020, at 9.4 kt. Cochilco
January to December 2025
5,388.1 kt
2.14%against the same period of 2024
Who rose and who fell
Added the most
In tonnes, against December 2024.
- Salvador+8.6 ktfrom 2.9 to 11.5Cochilco
- Andina+7.8 ktfrom 16.3 to 24.1Cochilco
- Caserones+4.9 ktfrom 10.3 to 15.2Cochilco
- Mantoverde+2.8 ktfrom 8 to 10.7Cochilco
- Radomiro Tomic+2.2 ktfrom 28 to 30.3Cochilco
Lost the most
In tonnes, against December 2024.
- Escondida−22.1 ktfrom 133.6 to 111.5Cochilco
- Chuquicamata−14.3 ktfrom 43.1 to 28.7Cochilco
- El Teniente−12.8 ktfrom 41.3 to 28.6Cochilco
- Ministro Hales−10.8 ktfrom 24.7 to 13.9Cochilco
- Collahuasi−5 ktfrom 41.2 to 36.2Cochilco
Operation by operation, December 2025
Thousand tonnes of fine copper at 100% of each operation. Every row links to its source.
| Operation | December 2025 | 2024 | Change | Year to date 2025 | Change | Share of total | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Escondida | 111.5 | 133.6 | 16.52% | 1,345.1 | 5.29% | 21.79% | Cochilco |
| 2Collahuasi | 36.2 | 41.2 | 12.22% | 406 | 27.32% | 7.06% | Cochilco |
| 3Radomiro Tomic | 30.3 | 28 | 8.01% | 295.3 | 9.18% | 5.92% | Cochilco |
| 4Los Pelambres | 28.8 | 29.7 | 3.02% | 305.9 | 7.65% | 5.62% | Cochilco |
| 5Chuquicamata | 28.7 | 43.1 | 33.3% | 245.5 | 15.05% | 5.61% | Cochilco |
| 6El Teniente | 28.6 | 41.3 | 30.86% | 310.1 | 12.97% | 5.58% | Cochilco |
| 7Andina | 24.1 | 16.3 | 47.67% | 181.6 | 0.01% | 4.7% | Cochilco |
| 8Quebrada Blanca | 20.9 | 22.1 | 5.8% | 190 | 8.54% | 4.07% | Cochilco |
| 9Spence | 19.7 | 20.8 | 5.26% | 254.8 | 0.31% | 3.86% | Cochilco |
| 10Centinela Sulfuros | 16.7 | 16.5 | 1% | 174.3 | 43.08% | 3.26% | Cochilco |
| 11Caserones | 15.2 | 10.3 | 47.46% | 132.9 | 6.64% | 2.97% | Cochilco |
| 12Sierra Gorda | 14.9 | 16.1 | 7.9% | 165.3 | 6.96% | 2.9% | Cochilco |
| 13Ministro Hales | 13.9 | 24.7 | 43.85% | 146 | 19.48% | 2.71% | Cochilco |
| 14Los Bronces | 13.4 | 14.1 | 4.45% | 164.6 | 4.55% | 2.62% | Cochilco |
| 15Salvador | 11.5 | 2.9 | 301.29% | 47 | 728.79% | 2.25% | Cochilco |
| 16Candelaria | 11.2 | 13.7 | 18.13% | 125.2 | 11.88% | 2.19% | Cochilco |
| 17Mantoverde | 10.7 | 8 | 34.54% | 95.1 | 64.83% | 2.1% | Cochilco |
| 18Zaldívar | 9.4 | 8.2 | 15.13% | 75.4 | 9.03% | 1.83% | Cochilco |
| 19Antucoya | 8.2 | 7.4 | 11.05% | 81.2 | 0.97% | 1.6% | Cochilco |
| 20Gabriela Mistral | 8 | 8.5 | 4.93% | 81.7 | 20.77% | 1.57% | Cochilco |
| 21El Abra | 7.6 | 8.7 | 12.26% | 91.4 | 7.79% | 1.49% | Cochilco |
| 22Lomas Bayas | 5.8 | 6.4 | 9.16% | 60.6 | 18.57% | 1.13% | Cochilco |
| 23Carmen de Andacollo | 5.5 | 5 | 9.48% | 50.5 | 27.01% | 1.07% | Cochilco |
| 24Centinela Óxidos | 5.3 | 9.9 | 46.42% | 66.1 | 35.17% | 1.04% | Cochilco |
| 25Mantos Blancos | 5 | 4.5 | 12.97% | 61.9 | 38.93% | 0.98% | Cochilco |
| 26El Soldado | 3.3 | 4.3 | 22.65% | 42.6 | 11.55% | 0.65% | Cochilco |
| 27Michilla | 1.5 | 1.8 | 17.65% | 16.9 | 15.24% | 0.28% | Cochilco |
| 28Ojos del Salado (Lundin) | 1.3 | 1.6 | 17.34% | 15.2 | 3.16% | 0.26% | Cochilco |
| 29Atacama Kozan | 1.1 | 1 | 11.26% | 11.6 | 1.06% | 0.21% | Cochilco |
| 30Franke | 0.8 | 0.9 | 7.76% | 10.9 | 10.62% | 0.16% | Cochilco |
| 31Cerro Negro | 0.4 | 0.4 | 6.05% | 4.1 | 2.63% | 0.08% | Cochilco |
| 32Pampa Camarones (mina y planta de cátodos) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.82% | 3.6 | 21.59% | 0.07% | Cochilco |
| 33Tres Valles | 0.3 | 0.1 | 150.45% | 1.8 | 21.06% | 0.05% | Cochilco |
| 34Cerro Colorado | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0% | Cochilco |
| Total of 34 operations | 500.3 | 551.4 | 9.27% | 5,260.2 | 2.08% | 97.71% | |
| Other producers, not detailed in the table | 11.7 | 12.2 | 4.01% | 127.9 | 4.4% | 2.29% | |
| Chile total | 512 | 563.6 | 9.16% | 5,388.1 | 2.14% | 100% | Cochilco |
The figures are those of Cochilco's monthly table of mine copper output by company, in kt and at 100% of each operation. Chile's total is the one the table prints. The sum of the operations, what is left for the other producers, the year-to-date figures and the changes are our own sums and differences on those figures. The sentences of this report are assembled from them: no language model is involved.