Copper · Cu

1. 1🇨🇱Chile
   18.4%180,000 thousand metric tons
2. 2🇦🇺Australia
   10.2%100,000 thousand metric tons
3. 3🇵🇪Peru
   8.7%85,000 thousand metric tons
4. 4🇨🇩Congo (Kinshasa)
   8.2%80,000 thousand metric tons
5. 5🇷🇺Russia
   8.2%80,000 thousand metric tons
6. 6🇲🇽Mexico
   5.4%53,000 thousand metric tons
7. 7🇺🇸United States
   4.8%47,000 thousand metric tons
8. 8🇨🇳China
   4.2%41,000 thousand metric tons
9. 9🇵🇱Poland
   3.4%33,000 thousand metric tons
10. 10🇮🇩Indonesia
    2.1%21,000 thousand metric tons

10 countries shown · USGS-defined economic reserves

47,981 distinct deposits across the roster · 47,988 occurrences

USGS National Geochemical Database · sorted by detection · detected-sample concentration

• 🇨🇳ChinaRefining
  11,860 kt2024
• 🇨🇱ChileRefining
  1,966 kt2024
• 🇯🇵JapanRefining
  1,578 kt2024
• 🇷🇺RussiaRefining
  995 kt2024
• 🇮🇳IndiaRefining
  655 kt2024

• Mine production

  HHI 0.14Diversified
  Top Chile 26%2025

  Chile 26% · Democratic Republic of the Congo 16% · Peru 13% · China 9% · Russia 7% · United States 5%

  USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

• Refiningkt

  HHI 0.20Moderate
  Top China 44%2024

  China 44% · Chile 7% · Japan 6% · Russia 4% · India 2%

  IEA Critical Minerals Dataset (CMO 2025)

• US import partners

  HHI 0.50Concentrated
  Top Chile 68% · 97% attributed2024

  Chile 68% · Canada 16% · Peru 7% · Mexico 6% · Other 3%

  USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

Net import reliance: 57% (2025)

80 events from the USGS commodity-chapter narratives and curated primary sources - the policy, trade, and company intelligence the data tables do not carry.

Current signals (MCS 2026)

• TariffU.S. imports of copper materials2025

  Uncertainty regarding implementation of tariffs was cited as the primary driver of a COMEX price increase.

• PolicyU.S. Final 2025 List of Critical MineralsNovember 7, 2025

  Copper was added to the U.S. critical minerals list.

• Projectnew mine in Arizona2025, as of September

  Copper production started at a new mine.

• Projectnew secondary smelter in Georgia2025, as of September

  Copper production started at a new secondary smelter.

• Projectnew secondary refinery in Kentucky2025, as of September

  Copper production started at a new secondary refinery.

• Projectone additional mine in Arizonaby yearend 2025

  Expected to begin commercial operations by yearend.

• Productionmultiple mines in the United States2025

  Production of copper was affected by concentrator shutdowns and lower ore grades. (U.S. mine production estimated at 1.0 million tons, a decrease of 5% from 2024)

• Productionboth primary smelters2025

  Domestic refined copper output decreased owing to planned maintenance. (decreased by an estimated 9% compared with 2024)

• PriceCOMEX copper price2025

  Projected to average a record high. ($4.80 per pound, 14% greater than $4.22 per pound in 2024)

Curated events (each row links its primary source)

• TariffWhite House / U.S. Dept of Commerce (Proclamation)2025-07 (Proclamation 30 Jul 2025; effective 1 Aug 2025)whitehouse.gov

  The US imposed a 50% Section 232 tariff on the copper input value of imports of semi-finished copper (pipes, sheets, tubes, wire, rod) and intensive copper derivative products, plus a directed 25% domestic-sales requirement and export controls on high-quality copper scrap (via the Defense Production Act) - a national-security measure that reshapes global refined/semis trade flows into the US. (50% of copper input value; semi-finished + intensive derivatives; 25% domestic-sales requirement + export controls on high-quality scrap)

• CompanyFirst Quantum Minerals (Cobre Panama)2023-11 (Supreme Court ruling 28 Nov 2023)mining.com

  Panama's Supreme Court ruled First Quantum's Cobre Panama concession unconstitutional and the government ordered the mine shut - removing ~1.5% of global copper supply (one of the world's largest mines, ~330 kt/yr) and pushing First Quantum into crisis. (~330 kt/yr (~1.5% of world copper); Q3-2023 output 112,734 t; ~40,000 direct+indirect jobs supported)

• ProductionKamoa-Kakula (Ivanhoe/Zijin) + CMOC (Tenke, Kisanfu)2024pubs.usgs.gov

  The DRC overtook Peru as the world's second-largest copper producer, driven by Kamoa-Kakula (ramping past 600 kt/yr) and CMOC's Tenke Fungurume + Kisanfu - shifting the copper mine-supply center of gravity toward Chinese-controlled African assets. (DRC produced ~700 kt more than Peru in 2024; Kamoa-Kakula 2024 output ~437 kt (-> 600+ kt))

• ProductionChina refined-copper industry2024pubs.usgs.gov

  China remained by far the world's largest refiner of copper (~44% of global refined output), the midstream chokepoint of the copper chain - it smelts/refines far more than it mines, importing concentrate and scrap from Chile, Peru, DRC and elsewhere. (~44% of world refined copper (ICSG/USGS))

• ProductionCodelco2023-2024investing.com

  Chile's state miner Codelco hit a ~25-year production low in 2023 (~1.325 Mt), pressured by falling ore grades, water constraints and project delays. Chilean country-wide mine output edged UP in 2024 (USGS: 5,250 -> 5,300 kt), but the world's #1 copper country faces structural cost/grade pressure as demand rises. (Codelco ~1.325 Mt in 2023 (~25-year low, ~-8% YoY); Chile mine production 5,250 kt (2023) -> 5,300 kt (2024e, USGS MCS 2025))

Company-operations record (Minerals Yearbook - historical, published 3-4 yrs after the data year)

• TradeCodelco - Chuquicamata2022MYB 2022

  Planned to sell copper concentrate instead of refined copper until smelting operations resumed. (not stated)

• PolicyMinistry of International Trade and IndustryJanuary 10, 2022MYB 2022

  New scrap import regulations took effect, setting purity and contamination limits and prohibiting electronic scrap components. (at least 94.75% copper; maximum nonmetallic content 0.25%)

• CompanyASARCO - Amarillo wire-rod plantAugust 2022MYB 2022

  Indefinitely shut down wire-rod plant at the Amarillo refinery. (not stated)

• CompanyNevada Copper Corp. - Pumpkin Hollow Mine2022MYB 2022

  Suspended mining, ore processing, and development activities. (sales of copper concentrate decreased by 39% to 4,080 t gross weight from 6,660 t in 2021)

• CompanyNevada Copper Corp. - Pumpkin Hollow Mine2022MYB 2022

  Restarted development operations late in the third quarter and expected to restart milling operations. (not stated)

• CompanyParanapanema S.A. - Caraíba Metais facilityJune 20, 2022MYB 2022

  Shut down facility for 38 days following an accident. (38 days)

• CompanyAntofagasta plc - Los Pelambres Mine concentrate pipeline2022MYB 2022

  Nearly 1-month shutdown of concentrate pipeline following leak detection. (nearly 1 month)

• CompanyAnglo American - Los Bronces MineNovember 2022MYB 2022

  Signed agreement with seawater desalination company to provide water for operations. (not stated)

• CompanyCodelco - Chuquicamata smelter and refineryNovember 15, 2022MYB 2022

  Halted processing of copper concentrate for planned maintenance; shutdown expected to last 135 days and affect refinery. (135 days)

• CompanySouthern Copper Corp. - Cuajone Minelate February through late April 2022MYB 2022

  Suspended operations for approximately 2 months during social unrest. (approximately 2 months; production decreased by 17% to 140,000 t from 169,000 t in 2021)

• CompanyMMG Ltd. - Las Bambas Mine (62.5%)second quarter of 2022MYB 2022

  Mine had 50-day shutdown and concentrate transport interruptions during protests. (50-day shutdown; transport interrupted for 173 days; copper output 255,000 t, 12% less than 290,000 t in 2021)

• CompanyGlencore - Mutanda Mine (95%)2022MYB 2022

  Restarted mine in late 2021 after temporary care-and-maintenance status; 2022 production increased. (33,300 t electrowon cathodes in 2022 compared with 6,300 t in 2021)

• CompanyFirst Quantum Minerals Ltd. - Cobre Panama Mine (90%)December 21, 2022MYB 2022

  Received formal order to close mine after tax and royalty deal deadline passed without agreement; mine still operating at yearend. (produced 350,000 t copper in concentrate in 2022, up 6% from 331,000 t in 2021)

• CapacityZijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. - Serbian copper mines2025MYB 2022

  Expected increased copper concentrate production after technological upgrades and expansion projects. (300,000 t/yr of copper in concentrate by 2025)

• CapacityAurubis AG - Augusta, GA secondary copper smelterDecember 2022MYB 2022

  Announced additional investment to double plant processing and production capacities. (double the processing and production capacities; beginning in 2026)

• CapacityIvanhoe Mines Ltd. and Zijin - Kamoa-Kakula MineApril 2022MYB 2022

  Commissioned second concentrator and planned third concentrator. (third concentrator would expand production to 620,000 t/yr)

• CapacityWanbao Minerals Co., Ltd. - Kamoya Mine (70%)2022MYB 2022

  Electrowon copper capacity increased during rampup of expansion. (105,000 t/yr from 50,000 t/yr in 2021)

• CapacityCodelco - Andina Mine2022MYB 2022

  Began producing copper from a newly developed open pit that increased production capacity. (capacity increased to 240,000 t/yr of copper in concentrate from 184,000 t/yr; expected to extend mine life by 30 years)

• ProjectExcelsior Mining Corp. - Gunnison Mine2023MYB 2022

  Intended to conduct well stimulation trials to eliminate carbon dioxide gas bubbles and increase fluid flow. (stage one production capacity of 11,300 t/yr delayed; cathode sales 471 t in 2022, 12% less than 534 t in 2021)

• ProjectFreeport-McMoRan Inc. - Bagdad Mine concentrator2023MYB 2022

  Conducting feasibility study to double concentrator capacity. (double the capacity of the concentrator)

• ProjectAmes Copper Group - Shelby, NC secondary copper plantSeptember 2022MYB 2022

  Reportedly starting up new copper plant, first secondary copper smelter in the United States since 2001. (expected to produce up to 50,000 t/yr of copper anodes from scrap)

• ProjectAurubis AG - Augusta, GA secondary copper smelterJune 17, 2022MYB 2022

  Began construction of a secondary copper smelter. (process 90,000 t/yr of complex copper-containing scrap and produce 35,000 t/yr of blister copper)

• ProjectWieland Group - Shelbyville, KY secondary copper refineryJune 29, 2022MYB 2022

  Broke ground for a secondary copper refinery. (expected to produce approximately 100,000 t/yr of refined copper from copper and copper-alloy scrap)

• ProjectCapstone Copper Corp. - Pinto Valley Mine2022MYB 2022

  Advanced feasibility study to increase ore processing, improve copper recovery rates, and expand tailings storage. (not stated)

• ProjectRio Tinto - Bingham Canyon MineSeptember 2022MYB 2022

  Announced project to expand production through development of an underground deposit. (not stated)

• ProjectAnglo American plc and Glencore plc - Collahuasi Mine2022MYB 2022

  Advanced construction of an additional mill and evaluated options to further expand production. (not stated)

• ProjectAntofagasta plc - Los Pelambres Mine2022MYB 2022

  Constructing a seawater desalination plant. (not stated)

• ProjectChina Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. - Hubei copper smelter and refineryOctober 2022MYB 2022

  Started newly constructed copper smelter and refinery. (expected to produce 400,000 t/yr of anodes and cathodes after rampup)

• ProjectAnglo American plc - Quellaveco Mine (60%)July 2022MYB 2022

  Started mine and reported copper output for remainder of year. (102,000 t during remainder of 2022; projected average 300,000 t/yr in first 10 years)

• ProjectMMG Ltd. - Las Bambas Mine2022MYB 2022

  Commissioned a third mill and planned a new open pit to increase copper production, pending community agreement. (increase copper production to up to 400,000 t/yr)

• ProductionRio Tinto Group - Bingham Canyon Mine2022MYB 2022

  Copper output increased following transition to mining a new area of the open pit. (increased by 19,800 t from 2021; production of copper in concentrate increased by 12% to 179,000 t from 159,000 t)

• ProductionFreeport-McMoRan Inc. - Safford Mine / Lone Star expansion2022MYB 2022

  Continued rampup of the Lone Star expansion. (output increased by 9,070 t; target production approximately 135,000 t/yr of electrowon cathodes in 2023)

• ProductionASARCO LLC - Mission Mine2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased. (decreased by 12,100 t from 2021)

• ProductionFreeport-McMoRan Inc. - Bagdad Mine2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased. (decreased by 8,620 t from 2021)

• ProductionKGHM International Ltd. - Robinson Mine2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased. (decreased by 6,800 t from 2021)

• ProductionASARCO - Arizona mines2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased at its three mines in Arizona. (112,000 t in 2022, 11% less than 127,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionASARCO - Hayden smelter and Amarillo electrolytic refinery2022MYB 2022

  Smelter and electrolytic refinery remained idle following temporary shutdowns. (not stated)

• ProductionParanapanema S.A. - Caraíba Metais refinery2022MYB 2022

  Refined cathode production decreased and company considered closure. (8,600 t, 86% less than 63,500 t in 2021)

• ProductionCorporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) - seven wholly owned mines2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased. (1.45 Mt in 2022, 11% less than 1.62 Mt in 2021)

• ProductionBHP Group Ltd. - Escondida Mine (57.5% majority-owned)2022MYB 2022

  Copper production increased. (increased by 4% to 1.03 Mt from 984,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionAnglo American plc and Glencore plc - Collahuasi Mine (44% each)2022MYB 2022

  Copper output decreased. (571,000 t, 9% less than 630,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionAntofagasta plc - Los Pelambres Mine (60%)2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased. (decreased by 15% to 275,000 t from 325,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionAnglo American - Los Bronces Mine (50.1%)2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased. (271,000 t, down 17% from 328,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionAntofagasta plc - Centinela Mine (70%)2022MYB 2022

  Copper output decreased. (248,000 t, 10% lower than 274,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionFreeport-McMoRan Inc. - El Abra Mine (51%)2022MYB 2022

  Refined copper production increased at SX - EW operation. (increased by 19,100 t (26%))

• ProductionAntofagasta plc - Centinela Mine2022MYB 2022

  Refined copper production increased at SX - EW operation. (increased by 9,400 t (11%))

• ProductionZijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. - Julong Mine (50.1%)2022MYB 2022

  Commercial production began and output increased. (115,000 t copper in concentrate in 2022, up 99,300 t from 15,700 t in 2021; expected 160,000 t/yr at full capacity with potential 600,000 t/yr after planned expansions)

• ProductionIvanhoe Mines Ltd. and Zijin - Kamoa-Kakula Mine (39.6% each)2022MYB 2022

  Copper concentrate production increased in first full year of operation. (333,000 t, more-than-threefold increase from 106,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionCMOC Group Ltd. - Tenke Fungurume Mine (80%)2022MYB 2022

  SX - EW copper output increased. (254,000 t in 2022, 22% greater than 209,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionChina Nonferrous Mining Corp. Ltd. - Kambove Mine (55%)2022MYB 2022

  Copper electrowinning production increased in first full year of operation. (28,300 t in 2022 compared with 8,680 t in 2021)

• ProductionGlencore - Katanga Mine (75%)2022MYB 2022

  Copper SX - EW production decreased. (220,000 t, 17% less than 264,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionPT Indonesia Asahan Aluminum - Grasberg Mine (51.24%)2022MYB 2022

  Copper concentrate output increased. (increased by 105,000 t (17%) to 711,000 t)

• ProductionPT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk - Batu Hijau Mine2022MYB 2022

  Copper concentrate production increased. (increased by 104,000 t (nearly twofold) to 210,000 t)

• ProductionKAZ Minerals Ltd. - Aktogay Mine2022MYB 2022

  Copper production increased. (237,000 t in 2022, 65% greater than 144,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionJSC Kazakhmys Copper - Balkhash and Zhezkazgan smelter and refinery complexes2022MYB 2022

  Cathode output increased. (increased by 55% to 345,000 t from 222,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionFirst Quantum Minerals Ltd. - Cobre Panama Mine (90%)2022MYB 2022

  Copper concentrate production increased. (350,000 t, up 6% from 331,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionMinsur S.A. - Mina Justa Mine (60%)2022MYB 2022

  Copper production increased. (increased by 47% to 125,000 t from 85,100 t in 2021)

• ProductionBHP and Glencore - Antamina Mine (33.75% each)2022MYB 2022

  Copper production increased. (455,000 t in 2022 from 445,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionFreeport-McMoRan Inc. - Cerro Verde Mine (53.56%)2022MYB 2022

  Copper production increased. (442,000 t in 2022 from 402,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionGlencore - Antapaccay Mine2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased. (151,000 t in 2022 from 171,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionSouthern Copper Corp. - Toquepala Mine2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased. (202,000 t in 2022 from 229,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionFreeport-McMoRan Inc. - Atlantic smelter and refinery2022MYB 2022

  Cathode production decreased because of planned maintenance shutdown. (218,000 t, 21% less than 277,000 t in 2021; shutdown lasted 78 days)

• ProductionCapstone Copper Corp. - Pinto Valley Mine2022MYB 2022

  Copper production decreased. (decreased by 6% to 56,800 t from 60,500 t in 2021)

• ProductionRio Tinto - Kennecott copper smelter and electrolytic refineryfourth quarter of 2022MYB 2022

  Operations affected by unplanned maintenance of smelter anode furnaces; refined output expected to be lower until planned rebuild completed. (anodes 145,000 t in 2022 versus 143,000 t in 2021; cathodes 148,000 t, 3% greater than 143,000 t in 2021)

• ProductionEscondida Mine2022MYB 2022

  Refined copper production increased at SX - EW operation. (increased by 8,200 t (4%))

• ProductionZijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. - Serbian copper mines2022MYB 2022

  Total mined copper production increased. (204,000 t, 68% greater than 121,000 t in 2021)

• Lisbon Valley Copper ProjectTransparency · UT · Department of the Interior
  Complete1.39 yr (NOI to ROD)
• Resolution Copper ProjectTransparency · AZ · Department of Agriculture
  Complete9.99 yr (NOI to ROD)
• Arctic ProjectCovered · AK · Department of the Army
  PlannedPlanned
• Contango Ore Johnson Tract Critical Metals ProjectCovered · AK · Department of the Army
  In ProgressIn Progress
• Antler Copper ProjectTransparency · AZ · Department of the Interior
  In ProgressIn Progress
• Blue CopperTransparency · MT · Department of Agriculture
  In ProgressIn Progress
• Bronco Creek Exploration ProjectTransparency · AZ · Department of Agriculture
  In ProgressIn Progress
• Copper Creek Exploration ProjectTransparency · AZ · Department of the Interior
  CompleteComplete
• Libby Exploration ProjectTransparency · MT · Department of Agriculture
  In ProgressIn Progress
• Muncy Creek Mineral Exploration ProjectTransparency · NV · Department of Agriculture
  CompleteComplete
• Nikolai Nickel ProjectTransparency · AK · Department of the Army
  In ProgressIn Progress
• NorthMet ProjectTransparency · MN · Department of the Army
  In ProgressIn Progress

US-mining permitting benchmark (cross-commodity): median 1.87 yr from Notice of Intent to Record of Decision over 7 completed cycles (range 1 to 9.99 yr).

FAST-41 covers only large projects with a federal nexus, so it is not a representative sample of US permitting timelines.

Lead-times are driven by project size, litigation, and tribal/environmental consultation - and by the permitting-regime policy of the day - far more than by the commodity.

The benchmark is a small-n median over projects that finished a cycle; recent fast cycles reflect an expedited-permitting push and may not persist.

Source: U.S. Federal Permitting Dashboard (FAST-41). US federal government work (public domain).

• A4 Mine (Motheo)Sandfire Resources Limited · Botswana · mine

  source: [1]
  copper in ore (open pit ore feed to Motheo plant)operatingofficial
• ACCUREC-Recycling GmbH Krefeld Lithium Battery Recycling / Lithium Recovery PlantACCUREC-Recycling GmbH · Germany · recycling, chemical_processing

  4000 t/yr planned

  source: [1] [2] [3][capacity source]
  operatingofficial
• AIM I Operation - Acid PlantPT Merdeka Battery Materials Tbk (MBMA) · Indonesia · chemical_processing

  source: [1]
  sulphuric acid (with steam co-product); part of AIM I complex that also processes spent/pyrite ore to iron ore pellets, copper, gold, silveroperatingofficial
• ASPA - Advanced Sludge Processing by Aurubis (hydrometallurgical plant, Beerse)Aurubis AG (Germany) · Belgium · chemical_processing, refinery

  33 EUR million (capex) operating

  source: [1][capacity source]
  tin and precious metals recovered from anode sludge (capacity figure not disclosed; recorded as capex)operatingofficial
• Abbeville plantPrysmian S.p.A. · United States · component_manufacturing

  source: [1]
  power/telecom cable (copper/aluminium conductor)operatingofficial
• Aguas Tenidas MineSandfire Resources Limited · Spain · mine

  source: [1]
  copper/zinc/lead in concentrate (ore feed to MATSA plant)operatingofficial
• Aitik mineBoliden AB · Sweden · mine, concentrator

  40840 ktonnes/yr ore milled operating

  source: [1][capacity source]
  ore milled (Cu-Au-Ag open pit); 60 kt/yr Cu metal in concentrate (2024)operatingofficial
• Al Hidd copper tube plant (Mueller Middle East)Mueller Industries, Inc. · Bahrain · component_manufacturing

  source: [1]
  copper tubeoperatingofficial
• Alessandria plant (Azienda Metalli Laminati S.p.A. / AML)KME Group S.p.A. · Italy · component_manufacturing

  source: [1]
  rolled copper/copper-alloy laminated productsoperatingofficial
• Altonorte smelterGlencore plc · Chile · smelter

  source: [1]
  copper anodeoperatingofficial
• American Battery Technology Company Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling FacilityAmerican Battery Technology Company · United States · recycling, chemical_processing

  20000 t/yr nameplate

  source: [1] [2] [3][capacity source]
  operatingofficial
• Anglo American Platinum Ltd. Rustenburg Base Metals RefinersValterra Platinum Limited · South Africa · refinery, chemical_processing

  33000 t/yr nameplate

  source: [1] [2] [3][capacity source]
  operatingofficial
• Anglo American Platinum smelting and refining operations (Rustenburg/Waterval and Polokwane smelters, Precious Metals Refinery, Rustenburg Base Metals Refinery)Anglo American plc · South Africa · smelter, refinery

  source: [1]
  refined PGMs (platinum, palladium, rhodium, other PGMs + gold) and nickeloperatingofficial
• Anglo American Sur (Los Bronces / El Soldado / Chagres)Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) · Chile · mine, concentrator, smelter

  44 kt/yr fine Cu (Codelco 20% share) operating · ~44,000 t/yr contained

  source: [1][capacity source]
  copper (Codelco's 20% attributable share)operatingofficial
• Anglo Converter Plant / Anglo (Amplats) Converter Process (ACP), Rustenburg (Waterval site)Valterra Platinum Limited · South Africa · smelter

  0.25 Mtpa nameplate

  source: [1][capacity source]
  furnace matte converted (throughput); also produces sulphuric acid from SO2 abatementoperatingofficial
• Anhui Truchum Gaoxin Cable/Wire Material (安徽楚江高新电材有限公司) - conductive copper rod, wire, cable & magnet-wire plantAnhui Truchum Advanced Materials & Technology Co., Ltd. · China · component_manufacturing

  source: [1]
  conductive copper rod (电铜杆), high-precision electrician round copper wire, tin-plated soft round/stranded wire, electromagnet wire (电磁线)operatingofficial
• Anhui Truchum High-Precision Copper Strip (安徽楚江高精铜带有限公司) - Wuhu copper strip & foil millAnhui Truchum Advanced Materials & Technology Co., Ltd. · China · component_manufacturing, foil

  50000 t/yr high-precision copper alloy strip & foil nameplate

  source: [1][capacity source]
  copper alloy strip & foil (precision rolled copper, 带箔材)operatingofficial
• Anhui Xinhai Gaodao New Material (安徽鑫海高导新材料有限公司) - high-precision high-conductivity copper-base material plant (oxygen-free copper rod/wire, PV/EV copper conductor)Anhui Truchum Advanced Materials & Technology Co., Ltd. · China · component_manufacturing

  300000 t/yr green smart-manufacturing high-precision high-conductivity copper-base material (phase 1) nameplate

  source: [1][capacity source]
  oxygen-free copper rod/wire, copper-alloy composite wire, precision copper bundled wire, tin-plated high-conductivity wire, ultrafine electronic copper wire, EV/PV copper conductoroperatingofficial
• Anqing Copper Mine branch (安庆铜矿分公司) - Zhujiachong (朱家冲) ore systemTongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. · China · mine, concentrator

  source: [1]
  copper in concentrate (mined copper)operatingofficial
• Anqing Yueshan Mining Co., Ltd. (铜陵有色股份安庆月山矿业有限公司)Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. · China · mine, concentrator

  source: [1]
  copper ore / copper in concentrate (Chanchong tailings 禅冲尾矿库)operatingofficial
• Ansonia plant (Piping Systems)Mueller Industries, Inc. · United States · component_manufacturing

  source: [1]
  copper / brass piping componentsoperatingofficial
• Antamina mineGlencore plc · Peru · mine, concentrator

  144.7 kt contained Cu (Glencore 33.75% pro-rata share) operating

  source: [1][capacity source]
  copper in concentrateoperatingofficial
• Antamina mine (Teck Resources Limited)Teck Resources Limited · Peru · mine, concentrator

  426900 t/yr Cu (2024 actual, 100% basis) operating

  source: [1][capacity source]
  copper in concentrateoperatingofficial
• Antamina mine and concentratorBHP Group Limited · Peru · mine, concentrator

  145 ktpd nominal milling capacity (ore) nameplate

  source: [1][capacity source]
  copper in concentrate + zinc concentrate (by-products molybdenum, silver, lead/bismuth)operatingofficial
• Antapaccay mineGlencore plc · Peru · mine, concentrator

  145.8 kt contained Cu operating

  source: [1][capacity source]
  copper in concentrateoperatingofficial
• Antucoya mine and SX-EW cathode plantAntofagasta plc · Chile · mine, chemical_processing

  80.4 kt/yr copper cathode (2024 actual) operating

  source: [1][capacity source]
  copper cathode (oxide ore leach + SX-EW)operatingofficial
• Aripuana mineNexa Resources S.A. · Brazil · mine, concentrator

  6,300 t/day ore (nominal design processing capacity ~6,300; ~2.3 Mtpy) nameplate

  source: [1][capacity source]
  treated ore (zinc, copper, lead, silver, gold in concentrate)operatingofficial
• Arnold Magnetic Technologies / Ogallala Electronics Electromagnets and EcommerceArnold Magnetic Technologies Corporation · United States · other

  source: [1] [2] [3]
  custom electromagnets, solenoidsoperatingofficial
• Arnold Magnetic Technologies Alnico Magnets and Assemblies / Precision Thin Metals DivisionArnold Magnetic Technologies Corporation · United States · other

  source: [1] [2] [3]
  Alnico magnets, custom Alnico magnetic assembliesoperatingofficial
• Ashele Copper MineZijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. · China · mine, concentrator

  44002 t Cu (2024 actual); +8,729 t mined zinc, 29,575 kg Ag operating

  source: [1][capacity source]
  mined copperoperatingofficial

Showing 30 of 710 (verified / operating first).

Provenance. Facilities were sourced by more than one method - 666 captured from the operator's published ANNUAL REPORT or regulatory filing (a cited primary source); 44 classified from the operator's OFFICIAL website by an LLM (gpt-5.5), web search hard-locked to the company domain, then adversarially web-verified. 710 of 710 carry an explicit source URL and capacity figures cite their own official page. As of 2026-06-19. Citations are verified and link-maintained: a 56-facility content audit found 100% on the company's official domain and 89% backed by the live page text, and a full-seed link sweep refreshed rotted URLs against the official site (pages with no current official source are left uncited). Some official pages are JavaScript-rendered or bot-protected.

Capacity is captured where the official site states it (partial, not every facility), across both upstream refining/chemical plants and component cathode/anode/cell/magnet plants.

Contained-mineral tonnes/yr is derived from each plant's published PRODUCT capacity via explicit content coefficients (kg contained metal per kg product), so figures are comparable across plants that report different product forms. The coefficients: refined copper ~1.0 (cathode 0.999, anode/blister 0.98); nickel sulphate 0.22, class-1/MHP and Ni-content ferronickel ~1.0, but GROSS class-2 alloy converts to contained Ni (nickel pig iron 0.11, ferronickel 0.23) so Indonesian RKEF capacity counts its true Ni content, not gross alloy tonnage; lithium carbonate 0.188, hydroxide 0.165, LCE 0.188, spodumene SC6 0.028; rare-earth oxide (REO) 0.80 (metal 0.90, carbonate 0.55); NdFeB magnet -> neodymium 0.22 of magnet mass; natural graphite concentrate 0.92, artificial/anode graphite 0.95; battery cells from GWh x strata cell-chemistry intensities (demand-side). These are engineering-grade coefficients (industry purity/stoichiometry ranges), not plant-specific assays. Only operating + nameplate capacity is summed (planned excluded); the figure is normalised by REGIME (upstream refining vs component cathode/anode/cell/magnet) and never summed across regimes, since a cathode and the cell it feeds count the same physical metal.

Coverage is a partial census (curated + sourced from public disclosures), not exhaustive; the long tail of smaller plants is incomplete.

Captured upstream capacity is deduplicated to distinct PHYSICAL PLANTS - the same plant recorded under variant names or different owners (e.g. across an annual report and the web-classified census) is counted once. It is nameplate+operating CAPACITY, not production, so it can exceed annual output (refining capacity is typically run below nameplate).

LLM-classified rows are read from the company's OFFICIAL website (web search domain-locked) and adversarially verified; 'official' marks a row from the company's own site, 'web' from broader search.

Rows not classified by an LLM are drawn from company annual reports / regulatory filings, each cited to that primary source per row (not LLM-classified).

Source: strata midstream-components topology (company annual reports & filings).

One panel per reported form family and basis - a tonne of metal appears at every chain stage (mine -> smelter -> refined), so stages are never summed with each other, and gross mineral tonnes never rank against contained metal.

These are the newest measurements the Yale STAFDB corpus carries (2004) - a historical flow structure, not current-year tonnage.

• Cu metal and alloys → Cu metal and alloys6,110 Gg
• production of engineering materials → aggregate fabrication and manufacturing6,110 Gg
• semis and finished products → semis and finished products5,964 Gg