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Peru says May copper and gold output up, zinc down

Mon Jul 6, 2009 10:52am EDT
 
 LIMA, July 6 (Reuters) - Peru, a leading global metals producer, saw
its copper, gold and silver outputs rise in May from the same month a year
ago, while zinc production fell, the mining ministry said Monday.
 Output figures are as follows:
 METAL      MAY OUTPUT                CHANGE FROM MAY 2008
 Copper     108,077 tonnes            0.14 pct
 Zinc       122,432 tonnes           -8.59 pct
 Gold       15,607,879 fine grams     5.77 pct
 Silver     325,060 fine kg           4.60 pct
  (Reporting by Dana Ford)



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