Mali expects to produce 47.37 t of gold this year, lower than an earlier forecast of 52.85 t, owing to a failure to restart its Kodieran mine, the Mines Ministry said on Saturday. Output was slightly up on last year’s production of 46.5 t, however, said Karim Berthe, head of the mines division. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita put last year’s figure at around 50 t in his New Year’s speech.
