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Copper output at Chile's Codelco set to rise this year, CESCO says
Chile's state-run copper miner Codelco is poised to improve production this year and begin to climb from its lowest dip in a quarter century, the head of Chilean copper studies center CESCO said ahead of a major industry conference that starts Monday. Codelco is aiming to produce between 1.325-million and 1.390-million metric tons of copper this year, a target that at best would see it lightly overtake its 2023 output of 1.325-million metric tons. That goal appeared realistic, said Jorge Cantallopts, head of the Center for Copper and Mining Studies (CESCO) in Chile, the world's top producer of the red metal. "We think ... (full story)