Industrial gold production in Mali could drop slightly this year as the West African country awaits production from new mines in 2018, the ministry of mines said on Friday. Output from large-scale mines, including Anglo Gold Ashanti and Randgold Resources, in Africa’s third-largest gold producer is expected to hit 45 t in 2017, down from 46.9 t last year, said National Director of Mines, Lelanta Hawa Ba.
