Copper production from Chilean state-run miner Codelco dipped 6% year-over-year in February, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday, slipping to 98,100 metric tons. Codelco is the No. 1 miner of the red metal globally, but has struggled to boost declining output in recent years. Meanwhile production at BHP's Escondida mine, the world's largest copper mine, leaped 16%, climbing to 113,400 tons. At Collahuasi, another major copper mine jointly run by Glencore and Anglo American, output slid 62% to just 17,000 metric tons. Anglo American's Chile head, Patricio Hidalgo, told Reuters earlier this week ... (full story)