智利铜产量跌至至少二十年来最低季度水平，事故、恶劣天气叠加运营挫折和矿石品位下降，重创头号产铜国产出。
Chile’s copper output slumped to its lowest quarterly level in at least two decades as accidents and wild weather compounded operational setbacks and the effects of deteriorating ore quality in the top-producing nation.
根据智利国家统计局（INE）月度数据测算，第三季度产量合计 116 万公吨，同比下降 12%，环比下降 8.7%，为 2006 年底有数据以来的最低季度总量。
Production totaled 1.16 million metric tons in the third quarter, down 12% from a year earlier and 8.7% from the previous three months, according to calculations based on monthly data from Chile’s statistics agency INE. It was the lowest quarterly total in data going back to late 2006.
这一结果凸显了多座智利最大铜矿遭遇低迷的严重程度，前九个月产量下滑 8.6%，使该国有望迎来数十年来最疲弱的全年表现。智利占全球矿山铜产量的五分之一以上，其产量下滑正在收紧供应，而电气化需求正在加速增长。
The result underscores the scale of a downturn that has affected several of Chile’s biggest mines, with an 8.6% decline in the first nine months putting the country on course for its weakest year in decades. The slide in a country that accounts for more than a fifth of global mined copper is tightening supply just as electrification demand accelerates.
