{
  "id": 1496579,
  "title": "Chile’s Copper Output Fell 13.8% as Codelco’s Recovery Came Undone",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/chiles-copper-output-fell-13-8-as-codelcos-recovery-came-undone",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T13:57:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/chile-copper-output-slump-codelco/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mining: Chile Key Facts —Output drop. Chile’s copper production fell 13.8% year-on-year to 399,954 metric tons in April 2026, statistics agency INE reported, after a 9.0% decline in March. —Restatement. An internal audit found Codelco booked about 26,875 tons of copper improperly in 2025; adjusted for that, last year’s output was the company’s lowest since […] The post Chile’s Copper Output Fell…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}