Mumbai, Nov. 24 -- According to a latest update from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG), preliminary data indicates that world copper mine production increased by about 2% over the first nine months of 2025, with concentrate production increasing by 1.5% and solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) by 3.5 %. Global mine production is benefiting this year from additional output from projects ramping up to capacity and an improvement in production at a number of operating mines. However, lower grades and incidents at some major copper mines, including Kamoa (May) and Grasberg (September), are constraining global growth.
Output in Chile remained essentially unchanged: higher output at the Escondida, Centinela, Mantos Copper and Code...