First Quantum Q3 copper production falls

First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) reports that the company’s third-quarter copper production fell by 18 percent.

The press release is quoted as saying:

The production was also affected by a four-day shutdown of the sulphide circuit at the company’s Kansanshi mine in Zambia and wet weather at Guelb Moghrein in Mauritiana, the Canadian miner said in a statement. First Quantum, which suspended operations at its Frontier mine in August, also cut its copper production outlook for the year by 10.5 percent to 322,000 tons. It produced about 374,000 tons in 2009.

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