Wild Weather Impacting Gold Mining Production

Wild Weather Impacting Gold Mining Production
Newmont Mining and joint venture partner Barrick Gold's Kalgoorlie Superpit gold mining operations in Western Australia, August, 2015. AAP Image/Kim Christian
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Heavy rain has impacted the operations of Australia’s gold mining sector, with cyclones across swathes of the nation blamed for a drop in production.

Production at Australian gold mines fell to 70 tonnes in the first quarter of 2024 compared with 77 tonnes in the December quarter 2023.