Wen Hua Cai Jing·2026-01-10 11:48Group 1 - The Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco) reported that Codelco's copper production in November decreased by 3% year-on-year to 130,900 tons [2] - Production at the Escondida mine, owned by BHP, fell by 12.8% to 94,400 tons [2] - The Collahuasi mine, operated by Glencore and Anglo American, saw a production increase of 2.7% to 37,700 tons [2] Group 2 - China, as the world's largest copper consumer, faces three major challenges: increasing dependence on foreign upstream resources, overcapacity in the midstream processing sector, and downstream demand being suppressed by high copper prices [2] - To assist the industry in addressing these challenges, Shanghai Nonferrous Metals Network has collaborated with copper industry chain enterprises to compile the "2026 China Copper Industry Chain Distribution Map" in both Chinese and English [2]