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Copper production in leading countries 2010-2017

Major countries in copper mine production worldwide from 2010 to 2017 (in thousand metric tons)

The data shows a country-by-country breakdown of copper mine production from 2010 to 2017. In 2010, Russia's copper mines produced 703,000 metric tons of copper. Until 2016, this amount developed to 710 thousand metric tons. The ten leading countries in world copper production as of 2016 were Chile, Peru, China, the U.S., Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Canada, Russia, and Mexico.

Major countries in world copper production Chile, the world's leading copper producer by far, produced an estimated 5.

Chile 5420 5260 5430 5780 5750 5700 5500 5330
Peru 1250 1240 1300 1380 1380 1700 2300 2390
China 1190 1310 1630 1600 1760 1710 1740 1860
United States 1110 1110 1170 1250 1360 1380 1410 1270
Australia 870 958 958 990 970 971 970 920
DR Congo 600 970 1030 1020 910 850
Zambia 690 668 690 760 708 712 740 755
Canada 524 566 579 632 696 697 720 620
Russia 703 713 883 833 742 732 710
Mexico 260 443 440 480 515 594 620 755
Indonesia 872 543 360 504 400 727 650
Poland 425 427 427 429 425
Kazakhstan 380 417 424 446 430