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Chile's total copper production fell 0.8% in April to reach 416 200 t, government copper commission Cochilco announced on Friday. Chile is the world's top miner of the highly-conductive red metal.

Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, closed its Ventanas copper smelter on Chile's central coast last Wednesday in a bid to reduce pollution and move towards more sustainable mining. According to SMM, the copper smelting capacity of the Ventanas smelter is 150,000 mt/year with metal content.

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According to foreign media on May 31, Maximo Pacheco, chairman of the board of Chile's national copper company (Codelco), said on Wednesday that copper prices are expected to be stable in the future, although there will still be some volatility in the market.

Quintero, Chile (AFP) May 31, 2023 - Chiles state-owned Codelco copper company, the worlds top producer of the metal, closed its Ventanas smelter Wednesday in an area dubbed Chiles Chernobyl for the grim environmental impact of heavy industry.

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Chile's state-owned copper mining company, Codelco, has shut down a smelting facility blamed for significant pollution in the Quintero Bay.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced in June 2022 the gradual closure of the worlds leading copper producer in order to reduce the constant episodes of environmental pollution that affect the coastal communes near the furnace.

Chile's State-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, on Wednesday closed its Ventanas metal smelter in the country's central coast, following environmental incidents in the region that tainted its operations. The mining company decided last year to shut down the facility in the town of Quintero, located some 108 km northwest of the capital, after authorities declared an environmental emergency due to pollution that left dozens suffering from sympto...