Chile copper production increased 8.3% year on year in February while manufacturing output increased 3.7% in the same period, the INE government statistics agency said on Tuesday. Production of copper, of which Chile is the world´s largest supplier, reached 451,580 tonnes. Manufacturing production, up from 3.4% increase in January, showed a recuperation in the economy after a wave of social protests that started in October, and before the impact of the new coronavirus which was first reported in Chile at the end of February.