The Peruvian government's Mining Ministry has released the country's mineral production figures for 2009. Copper, zinc and silver all rose - copper by over a quarter - compared to January of last year. However, lead production fell slightly.
The government relies on minerals for most of its revenues.
The figures along with a comparison with January 2008 are as follows:
Copper: 106,796 tonnes (up 25.89 pct),
Zinc: 136,531 tonnes (up 5.22 pct),
Gold: 13,853,518 fine grams (down 4.04 pct),
Silver: 307,166 fine kg (up 9.04 pct),
Lead: 27,038 tonnes (down 4.34 pct),
Iron: 336,253 tonnes (up 14.12 pct),
Tin: 3,434 tonnes (up 0.91 pct),
Molybdenum: 1,474 tonnes (up 85.41 pct)
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