It’s not true that Chile is in first place in the global ranking of copper producers

From the series of publications 
"So they create a fairy tales for the investor" - 
"They draw up the necessary documents
and begin to search for the simpleton..."

Let's count together:
 
In 2018, they produced 5,83 million tonnes in Chile.
Of these, only copper cathodes is real copper. This is 27 % or 1,57 million tons of copper.

The remaining 73% are not copper. These are stones, sand, minerals containing copper, but they are not metallic copper.  They call it "copper concentrate", "fine copper contained in concentrate", "cobre fino contenido en concentrado"...


They did not receive 4,26 million tons of copper, but loaded copper concentrate on ships and sent it to Japan, China and so on. About 12 million tons of copper concentrate. This is China, Japan and other countries received real copper from Chilean stones and minerals.

  It is not true that Chile is the first copper producing country in the world.

  China is in first place and Japan is in second place 

 in the global ranking of copper producers.

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

   

  References

1. https://es.statista.com/estadisticas/635359/paises-lideres-en-la-produccion-de-cobre-a-nivel-mundial/
2. https://www.guiaminera.cl/chile-alcanzo-una-produccion-record-de-58-millones-de-toneladas-de-cobre-fino-durante-2018/
3.  https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/our-natural-resources/minerals-mining/copper-facts/20506
4.  https://marketpublishers.ru/lists/11788/news.html
5.  https://www.mining-journal.com/copper/news/1356277/chile-achieves-record-copper-production-in-2018
6.  https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/our-natural-resources/minerals-mining/copper-facts/20506