11% of Chile’s GDP and 10% of Peru’s GDP are related to the extraction of mineral metal; among all these metals, copper is known as the crucial one in these two countries. As a consequence, copper accounts an important metal for the countries’ economies.
In view of the increase in the global copper price in 2021, Chile’s concentrate and cathode experienced an increase in their export price which respectively was 33.9% and 34%, and this increase was about 35% and 32.6% for Peru’s concentrate and cathode.