{"id":1147,"date":"2013-01-23T13:20:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T18:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2013-01-23T13:20:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T18:20:37","slug":"fresnillo-2012-silver-production-dips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1147","title":{"rendered":"Fresnillo 2012 silver production dips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Business News Americas<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1148\" title=\"fresnillo_logo-300x96\" src=\"http:\/\/www.juniorminingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fresnillo_logo-300x96-e1358965057699.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"51\" \/>Silver production at Mexico City-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnamericas.com\/company-profile\/en\/Fresnillo_Plc-Fresnillo\">Fresnillo<\/a> (LSE, BMV: FRES) dipped slightly in 2012 due to declining ore grades at the Fresnillo mine in Zacatecas state.<\/p>\n<p>Fresnillo, the world&#8217;s largest primary silver producer, reported production of 41Moz for the year, compared to 41.9Moz in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The figures include Silverstream production which remained stable at 4Moz.<\/p>\n<p>Production at the Fresnillo mine was down 12.9% at 26.4Moz (2011 30.3Moz) as average ore grade fell 17.2% to 328g\/t, the company said in a production statement on Tuesday (Jan 22), with further declines towards 281g\/t expected through the remaining life of the mine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnamericas.com\/news\/mining\/fresnillo-2012-silver-production-dips-as-grades-fall-at-flagship-mine\" target=\"_blank\">Read the entire article . . .<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silver production at Mexico City-based Fresnillo (LSE, BMV: FRES) dipped slightly in 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