Commodities
Copper Leader Chile Posts Worst Monthly Output in Over a Year
An open pit copper mine near Calama, Chile.
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Chile registered its lowest month of copper production in more than a year, undermining the top-producing nation’s recovery from its first annual decline in two decades.
Mines in Chile produced 6.7% less of the wiring metal in April than in March and 1.5% less than the same month last year, according to data released Friday by the bureau of statistics.