what companies make copper
Chilean copper-mining company Antofagasta produced 370,000 tonnes of copper in 2016, a decrease from 2015âs total of 370,000 tonnes. In the first half of 2017, the company produced 346,300 tonnes of copper, a 7.1-percent increase over the same period in 2016.
Southern Copper Corporation is an American-based copper producer with major operations in Mexico and Peru. Grupo Mexico currently owns 75.1% of the company, which produced 487 thousand metric tons of copper in 2010. Major assets include the Cuajone and Toquepala mines in Peru and the Cananea mine in Mexico.
Xtrata is a top five producer of copper, thermal coal, coking coal, ferrochrome, zinc and nickel and has operations in 19 countries. The company's copper production in 2010 was over 900 thousand metric tons and it has copper facilities located in Australia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, and Canada.