In Q1 2024 the 16 largest copper producers in the world produced 3,260,150 tonnes copper:
Company | Tonnes Cu Produced Q1 2024 | Q/Q change |
Freeport-McMoRan | 492,147 | -0.91% |
BHP Group | 465,900 | 6.52% |
Codelco | 319,000 | -10.89% |
Zijin Mining | 262,649 | NA |
Southern Copper | 240,270 | 0.99% |
Glencore | 239,700 | -12.61% |
Anglo American | 198,000 | -13.91% |
KGHM Polska | 179,200 | -2.40% |
Rio Tinto | 156,000 | -2.50% |
Antofagasta PLC | 129,400 | -32.43% |
Nornickel | 109,763 | -9.56% |
First Quantum Minerals | 100,605 | -37.20% |
Teck Resources | 99,000 | -3.88% |
Kaz Minerals | 94,300 | -7.73% |
Lundin Mining | 88,013 | -14.83% |
Ivanhoe Mines | 86,203 | -6.52% |
If you put that amount of copper into a cube, the side length of the cube would be approximately 71.25 meters.
