Harmony expects 8% y/y increase in H1 gold production

17th January 2017 By: Anine Kilian - Contributing Editor Online

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – JSE-listed Harmony Gold expects to report an 8% year-on-year increase in gold production for the six months ended December 31.

The miner had produced 568 459 oz of gold in the six months to December 2015.

Harmony, which will publish its interim results on February 2, said grade had remained at above 5 g/t in the period under review.

Its shares rose by 4% on the JSE on Tuesday morning.