The production of copper It reached 246,568 FMT, the highest monthly figure in 2024, which meant a growth of 10.9% when compared to the same month in 2023, revealed the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem).
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The advance was a consequence of the better performance of Compañía Minera Antamina SA, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SAA, Southern Copper Corporation, Minera Las Bambas SA and Minera Chinalco Perú SA
Despite the result, the accumulated production of copper between January and August was 1,759,175 TMF, which reflected a tiny decrease of 0.7% compared to what was reported in the same period.
OTHER METALS
Minem revealed that in the eighth month of 2024, silver production grew 30%, while lead production increased by 10.1%, and molybdenum production expanded by 42.4%.
The outlook was different for gold, whose production fell 2.2%, as a result of the lower production of Compañía Minera Poderosa, a company that has been constantly attacked by informal miners and that has even generated loss of life.
For its part, zinc production decreased by 16.2%, while iron production contracted by 13%.
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