FCX Freeport McMoRan Inc

   By Carolina Pica 
 

SANTIAGO, Chile--Copper output at Chilean state copper company Codelco's wholly owned mines fell 5% in the first nine months of 2012 to 1.19 million tons, Chief Executive Thomas Keller said Thursday.

Codelco's total January-September production, which includes output from the El Abra mine controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) and the Sur complex controlled by Anglo American PLC (AAUKY), fell to 1.25 million tons from 1.29 million tons the same period of 2011.

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