| Copper
mine production |
Units |
1
989 |
1
990 |
1
991 |
1
992 |
1
993 |
total |
refined
copper kt Cu |
1989 |
1990 |
1
991 |
1
992 |
total |
| mine production kt Cu |
Mt |
9 022 |
8 958 |
9 103 |
9 275 |
5 615 |
27083 |
|
| smelter production kt Cu |
Mt |
9 720 |
9 395 |
9 366 |
9 705
|
5 801 |
|
|
| refined copper kt Cu |
Mt |
10 888 |
10 810 |
10 685 |
11 086 |
6 764 |
32382.2 |
|
| refined Cuconsumption kt Cu |
Mt |
10 988 |
10 784 |
10 731 |
11 096 |
7 006
|
32502.6 |
|
| Ten first producer countries |
|
copper content in kt |
|
|
Eighteen main producing
countries (almost 90% of total) |
|
| Chile |
kt |
1 609
|
1 603
|
1 855
|
1 976
|
2 065
|
5067 |
USA |
1 954
|
2 017
|
1 995 |
2 144 |
8 110 |
| USA |
kt |
1 498
|
1 588
|
1 631
|
1 765
|
1 770
|
4717 |
Chile |
1 192
|
1 228 |
1 242 |
952
|
4 614 |
| Canada |
kt |
704
|
771
|
780
|
745
|
699
|
2255 |
ex USSR |
1 260
|
1 120
|
1 120
|
1 000
|
4 500 |
| Zambia |
kt |
480
|
449
|
421
|
387
|
432
|
1350 |
Japan |
1 008
|
1 076 |
1 161 |
885
|
4 130 |
| Peru |
kt |
364
|
318
|
382
|
369
|
375
|
1064 |
China |
557
|
560
|
622
|
534
|
2 273 |
| Zaire |
kt |
441
|
356
|
292
|
108
|
60
|
1089 |
Germany |
533
|
522
|
582
|
478
|
2 115 |
| Australia |
kt |
295
|
327
|
330
|
390
|
400
|
952 |
Canada |
516
|
538
|
539
|
415
|
2 008 |
| Mexico |
kt |
249
|
291
|
284
|
279
|
299
|
824 |
Zambia |
479
|
424
|
472
|
335
|
1 709 |
| Indonesia |
kt |
149
|
170
|
219
|
300
|
310
|
538 |
Poland |
346
|
379
|
387
|
302
|
1 413 |
| Philippines |
kt |
193
|
182
|
148
|
126
|
136
|
523 |
Belgium |
332
|
298
|
306
|
229
|
1 164 |
| sub-total non communist block |
kt |
5 982 |
6 055 |
6 342 |
6 445 |
6 546 |
17856 |
Australia |
274
|
279
|
303
|
226
|
1 082 |
| % of 3 first producers |
% |
42.2% |
44.2% |
46.9% |
48.4% |
80.7% |
44.5% |
Peru |
182
|
244
|
250
|
186
|
862 |
| % of 10 first producers |
% |
66.3% |
67.6% |
69.7% |
69.5% |
116.6% |
63.9% |
South Korea |
187
|
198
|
210
|
163
|
758 |
| Russia |
kt |
|
162 |
151 |
135 |
|
|
Spain |
171
|
190
|
179
|
134
|
673 |
| Jezkhazan |
|
|
|
|
|
Mexico |
152
|
154
|
163
|
109
|
578 |
| Balkhashmed |
|
|
|
|
|
Philippines |
126
|
116
|
146
|
129
|
516 |
| Kazakhstan |
kt |
|
|
South Africa |
133
|
127
|
120
|
94
|
474 |
| copper price US$/lb |
US$/lb |
1.29 |
1.21 |
1.06 |
1.04 |
1.07 |
|
Zaire |
173
|
140
|
57
|
30
|
400 |
| price concentrates (Cu less
0.32$/lb for smelting & refining) |
US$/lb |
0.97 |
0.89 |
0.74 |
0.72 |
0.75 |
|
sub-total |
9 574 |
9 609 |
9 855 |
8 343 |
37 380 |
| index consumer prices
industrial countries |
|
95.2 |
100.0 |
104.4 |
107.7 |
110.7 |
|
% |
87.1% |
89.1% |
91.8% |
75.2% |
115.0% |
| index adjusted 1990 |
|
95.2 |
100.0 |
104.4 |
107.7 |
110.7 |
|
|
|
| copper price adjusted 1990 |
|
1.36 |
1.21 |
1.02 |
0.96 |
0.97 |
|
|
|
| world value of
production billion US$ current |
B US$ |
25.7 |
23.9 |
21.3 |
21.2 |
13.3 |
|
|
|
| world value of production
billion US$ constant (1990) |
B US$ |
26.9 |
23.9 |
20.4 |
19.7 |
12.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LME copper price grade A |
|
1 734.14 |
1 495.98 |
1 324.60 |
1 296.75 |
1 573.50 |
|
|
|
| £/lb Cu |
|
0.79 |
0.68 |
0.60 |
0.59 |
0.71 |
|
|
|
| $/£ |
|
1.6400 |
1.7847 |
1.7694 |
1.7655 |
1.5020 |
|
|
| US$/lb Cu |
|
1.29 |
1.21 |
1.06 |
1.04 |
1.07 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 358 |
1 789 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.62 |
0.81 |
|
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|
|
|
|
1.49
|
1.50
|
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|
|
0.92 |
1.22 |
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