During the fourth month of this year, the national production of metals, such as gold, silver, iron, tin, and molybdenum, experienced improvements compared to the same month in 2023, the
have reported.
On the other hand, the production of copper, zinc, and lead decreased slightly compared to the amount registered in April 2023, according to figures from Minem’s Mining Statistical Bulletin (BEM).
Between January and April 2024, an expansion in the production of nearly all main metals was recorded over the same accumulated period of the previous yearincluding copper, gold, silver, lead, iron, tin, and molybdenum.
In this regard, The accumulated copper production as of 2024’s fourth month amounted to 845,044 FMT, a slight 0.4% increase compared to the same period of the previous year (841,723 FMT).
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Gold production reached an 11.2% increase in April compared to the same month of the previous year; meanwhile, its accumulated production as of April 2024 saw an interannual increase of 19.4% over the same period in 2023.
Regarding silver, it reported a 3.2% rise compared to the same month in 2023. Its Accumulated production at the end of the fourth month experienced a 7.7% increase over the amount recorded in the similar period of 2023.
In April, iron production increased 8.4% over the same month in 2025. It accumulated a 6.6% growth thru April compared to the similar period last year.
Tin experienced a 13.8% increase compared to April 2023, while the cumulative figure showed a positive variation of 140.5% over January-April 2023.
Lastly, in April the national molybdenum production registered a 37.4% expansion compared to April 2023.
On the other hand, zinc and lead experienced slight contractions in their production.
