RTRS: Mexico copper output falls in August, silver up
MEXICO CITY, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Mexican copper output fell to 18,465 tonnes in August, down 14.4 percent from the same month a year earlier, the National Statistics Institute said on Friday.
Silver production increased to 257,671 kg in August, up 23.5 percent compared with a year ago, the institute said.
Copper output in Mexico has been hit by a more than two-year long strike at the Cananea mine owned by Grupo Mexico (GMEXICOB.MX), the country's largest.
A breakdown of metals production follows:
Product August 2009 Pct Chge
vs yr ago
Gold 3,395 kgs -13.1
Silver 257,671 kgs +23.5
Lead 11,208 tonnes +80.6
Copper 18,465 tonnes -14.4
Zinc 33,992 tonnes -7.2 (Reporting by Mica Rosenberg and Jason Lange; Editing by David Gregorio)
