Country profile
Chile
For Chile, Rare Context holds 501 assets and rights in 2 classes and figures on mine production and reserves. It is the largest producer of copper, rhenium and iodine among the countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for Chile.
- Water rights500
- Carbon projects1 · 3,134,866 tCO2e
Mine production and reserves
14 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where Chile ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, copper content | 5,300,000 t/year −4% | #1 of 14 | 180,000,000 t | #1 of 14 |
| Rhenium, rhenium content | 30 t/year +3% | #1 of 8 | 1,300 t | #1 of 6 |
| Iodine, elemental iodine | 23,000 t/year +3% | #1 of 7 | 750,000 t | #2 of 7 |
| Molybdenum, molybdenum content | 42,000 t/year +9% | #2 of 15 | 2,600,000 t | #3 of 15 |
| Lithium, lithium content | 56,000 t/year +15% | #3 of 9 | 9,200,000 t | #1 of 10 |
| Silver, silver content | 1,400 t/year +17% | #5 of 14 | 33,000 t | #7 of 12 |
| Salt | 9,000,000 t/year +1% | #7 of 23 | — | — |
| Potash, K2O equivalent | 600,000 t/year +6% | #9 of 12 | 100,000,000 t | #8 of 10 |
| Pumice and pumicite | 530,000 t/year 0% | #9 of 16 | — | — |
| Iron ore, iron content | 12,000,000 t/year +9% | #13 of 17 | 740,000,000 t | #13 of 17 |
4 more commodities
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeolites (natural) | 240 t/year −52% | #13 of 13 | — | — |
| Iron ore, usable ore | 19,000,000 t/year +6% | #14 of 17 | — | — |
| Iron ore, crude ore | — | — | 3,000,000,000 t | #12 of 17 |
| Boron, ulexite | — | — | 35,000,000 t | only one listed |
World rank among the countries the USGS lists for each commodity, largest first. A percentage is the change on the year before.
Largest owners in Chile
By number of assets and rights they own, operate or hold here. Grid operators and users are not counted.
- Fisco, Direccion de Obras Hidraulicas19
- Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., Endesa14
- Colbun S A12
- Fisco, Direccion de Riego8
- Inmobiliaria, Inversiones y Comercializadora Zima S.A8
- Inversiones San Carlos SpA8
- Energia Austral SpA7
- Catalan y CIA Ltda6
- Compañia Hidroelectrica Cuarto Quinto Limitada6
- AES Gener S.A5
- Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A5
- Fisco de Chile, Direccion de Riego5
Data on this page
- Berkeley Offsets Database. Berkeley Offsets Database, CC BY 4.0.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, CC0 1.0.