Copper Production per country 1936-1948 (Cu content of ore)
Source: BR Mitchell.
Numbers are 1000s of metric tons
1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | |
Australia | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 |
Bolivia | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Canada | 191 | 240 | 259 | 276 | 297 | 292 | 274 | 261 | 248 | 216 | 167 | 205 | 218 |
Chile | 256 | 413 | 351 | 341 | 365 | 469 | 484 | 497 | 498 | 470 | 361 | 427 | 445 |
Cuba | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 |
Cyprus | 17 | 28 | 37 | 31 | 9 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
Germany | 29 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | ? | 3 | 4 | 6 |
India | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Japan | 68 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 65 | 72 | 81 | 80 | 29 | 17 | 22 | 26 |
Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mexico | 30 | 46 | 42 | 44 | 38 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 41 | 62 | 61 | 64 | 59 |
Namibia | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
Newfoundland | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Peru | 3 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 44 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 18 |
Philippines | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 2 |
South Africa | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 29 |
Spain | 23 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 19 |
Turkey | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
USA | 557 | 764 | 506 | 661 | 797 | 869 | 980 | 990 | 882 | 701 | 552 | 769 | 757 |
Yugoslavia | 39 | 39 | 42 | 42 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 22 | 37 | 37 |
Zaire | 98 | 151 | 124 | 123 | 149 | 162 | 166 | 157 | 165 | 160 | 144 | 151 | 155 |
Zambia | 145 | 211 | 216 | 215 | 267 | 232 | 251 | 255 | 224 | 197 | 185 | 196 | 217 |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |