Poland’s KGHM says Q1 copper sales fall 12 pct yr-on-yr

The Sierra Gorda mine in Chile. (Image courtesy of KGHM)

WARSAW, April 23 (Reuters) – Polish copper producer KGHM Polska Miedz said on Monday its first-quarter copper sales fell 12 percent year on year to 133,400 tonnes.

KGHM also said in a statement that silver sales fell in the same quarter by 16 percent to 212.6 tonnes.

(Reporting by Marcin Goclowski and Anna Koper; editing by David Evans)