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Copper output from Codelco down nearly 10% in February

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Copper production from Chilean state-run miner Codelco fell 9.8% year-on-year in February to 88,500 metric tons, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Friday.

Production at BHP’s Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper mine, fell 7.4% to 105,000 tons. At Collahuasi, another major copper mine jointly run by Glencore and Anglo American, output rose 56.5% to 26,600 tons.

(By Fabian Cambero; Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)

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