The chart illustrates how much copper was produced in the USA, Australia, Mexico and Russia over a 20-year period, from 2000 to 2020.
Overall, it is clear that the United States, Australia and Mexico showed an increase in the production of copper. Although Russia experienced a significant rise over the first ten years, the second half was marked by a downward trend.
In 2000, the United States and Mexico produced 800,000 and 600,000 tons of copper, respectively. While the metal manufacturing in Mexico demonstrated a steady increase up to 800,000 tons in 2020, in America, it had surged to 1.2 million tons after hitting a low of 700,000 in 2005.
By contrast, the copper production in Russia plummeted to 400,000 tons in 2020 after reaching its peak at 800,000 in 2010. It is noteworthy that Australia was the only country that increased the production of copper almost fourfold, from 300,000 tons in 2000 to 1.1 million tons in 2020, overtaking that of the USA and Russia at around 700,000 million tons between 2010 and 2015.