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Zijin Mining expects first-half profit leap on higher gold and copper output

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By Reuters
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China’s biggest gold and copper producer Zijin Mining Group expects first-half net profit to have jumped by as much as 50%, the company said in a trading statement on Monday.


First-half net profit could reach up to 15.5 billion yuan ($2.13 billion), up 50% year on year, Zijin’s statement said, citing higher output.


Gold output was expected to increase by 9.6% to 35.4 metric tons, with copper up 5.3% at 518,000 tons and silver up 1.3% at 210.3 tons.

Global prices of gold and silver rallied sharply in the first half of this year as investors rushed to buy safe-heaven assets amid geopolitical tensions. Copper also hit record highs in May on speculative buying.

($1 = 7.2695 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(By Siyi Liu and Mei Mei Chu; Editing by David Goodman)

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