Direct greenhouse gas emissions of the copper mining industry in Chile amounted to more than six million metric tons of CO2 in 2018, up from 5.98 million tons a year earlier. This is the highest value reported in the past nine years, and represents an increase of approximately 40 percent in comparison to 2010, when the industry's emissions totaled 4.34 million tons.
Direct greenhouse gas emissions of copper mining industry in Chile from 2010 to 2018
(in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
Only including direct emissions from the use of fuels*
Supplementary notes
*Since 2010, the task of determining indirect emissions (from power sources) used by the copper mining industry was transferred from Cochilco to the Energy Ministry, and therefore figures are no longer reported by the source.
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Comisión Chilena del Cobre. (July 18, 2019). Direct greenhouse gas emissions of copper mining industry in Chile from 2010 to 2018 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/795872/chile-greenhouse-gas-emissions-copper-mining/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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