ADDITION TO WORLD COPPER PRODUCTION CAPACITY, 1974-76

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00875R002000010019-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: November 22, 1974
• Content Type: MF

CIA/4ER/S=.06637-7~
CARACtTY NOV 74,
RE WORLD COPPY a
Appro el?ase 2001709YSGTA- 8 R?21:09 1 9-5
r
U N C I
u n. OF
 Net 'Increases In Free World Copper' Mine Ca acity
' 1'974'-19 7 6
i
Estimated Capacity
Additional Capacity
Scheduled for
.... completion During
at end of 1973
1974
1975
1976
North America
Unite States
1,890
84.5
164.5
46
Canada
1,025
47
13
8
Mexico
90
10
10
--
Other
10
--
--
Total
3,015
141.5
187.5
54
South America
.
e
Chile
950
50
--
--
Peru
245
2.
--
215
Other
15
--
--
--
.Total
Africa
Zambia
1,210
85b
52
85
--
20
215
17
5
Zaire
575
--
73
.
20
South Africa
210
--
--
--
S.W Africa
40
20
--
--
Other
85
17
8
Total
Asia
1,760
122
103
37.5
Philippines
250
25
8
136
Japan
100
--
(5)
--
Indonesia
Iran
Other
50
115
25
--
--
36
(10)
31
Total
Oceania
Australia
P
S13
250
50
10
43
1
157
10
apua New Guinea
200
Total
450
10
13
Europe
340
--
5
10
6
Total Increment
TOTAL
375.5
351.5
479
5
FREE WORLD CAPACITY
Per
7,290
7,665.5
8
017
.
8
496
5
cent. Increase
--
5.2
,
4
6
,
.
6
0
.
.
Note: Figures in. parenthesis
'CIA/OER
22 November 1974
represent decreases.
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in thousands of short tons
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22 November 1974
ME.MORANDUid FOR: Mr. William N. Morell, Jr.
Special Assistant to the Secretary
for National Security
Department of the Treasury
SUBJECT : Addition to World Copper Production
Capacity, 1974-76
-S-66137
1. Attached is the table on increases in Free world
Copper Mine Capacity that I mentioned in our telecon this
morning.
2. The table it .curates that the largest. additions to
copper mining capacity outside of the 4 CIPLC countries
'(.hile,'Zambia, Zaire, and Peru) over the period 1974-76
will be in the United States (245,000 tons) and the Philippines
(169,000 tons).
rQ
STATI NTL
Chief*
Agriculture and Materials Branch
Office of Economic Research
Attachment:
As stated
Distribution: (S-6637)
Orig. & 1 - Addressee
1 - Telecon to Addressee on 22 Nov. 74
l - U/OER
1 - D/I
STATINTL 1 - St/P
1 - I/AM
OER I AM
/ / ~/bj/5868/22 November 1974
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