Chile June copper output down 0.6 pct yr/yr

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31 Jul 2010

Chile, the world's No. 1 copper producer, said its output of the metal fell 0.6 percent in June from the same month a year earlier. In May, Chile's copper output dropped 5.4 percent from the same month in 2009, according to data released last month.
Chile's copper industry, the backbone of its economy, emerged virtually unscathed from a Feb. 27 earthquake that killed hundreds of people and battered the wood pulp, fishing, fruit and wine industries.

Source: Reuters