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Miner Claudio Yanez applauds as he is carried away on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months in 2010 near Copiapo, Chile.
By Karen Norton, Thomson Reuters GFMS. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), Chile is the top copper-producing country in the world by a long shot, so itâs no surprise that most of the worldâs largest copper mines are also located in Chile. In fact, Chile took four of the five top five spots in terms of production last year. To get a bit more insight into the worldâs largest copper mines, The Investing News Network got in touch with Karen Norton, Senior Analyst at Thomson Reuters GFMS.