Output will start to retract from 2028 on due to depletion to reach 7.09 million tonnes in 2031, with an average growth of 1.7% per year from 2020 until then, the commission added. Cochilco considered the currently greenlit projects and the investments it expects to be approved soon as the basis for its calculation, it said.
Cochilco’s copper output forecast for 2020 was set at 5.82 million tonnes, rising slightly...