14 January 2025
Copper is an essential ingredient to the modern economy. 🏭 🚢 .
Everything that switches on depends on copper.
Most electricity distribution is through the humble copper cable.
Who produced the world's 🌏 copper in the last 25 years ?
By the far the biggest producer is Chile. Chile and Peru produce around 40% of the world's copper.
(Source : 1990-2018 US Geological Survey 2018-2022 https://world-mining-data.info/ )