The world's copper raw material industry is oligopolistic, while the copper production and processing industry is relatively decentralized: BHP Billiton of Australia, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold of the United States, Anglo American, United States Copper mine giants Phelps Dodge, Australia's Metsa, Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco and Rio Tinto account for 70% of global production about.