Peruvian zinc output up in May; copper, tin and silver down.

The article reports on the increase in Peru's production of zinc, molybdenum and iron ore in May 2010, but copper, lead, tin, gold and silver production declined in the same month. According to the data released by the mining ministry, Peru produced 130,142 tonnes of zinc, 456,559 tonnes of iron ore and 1,198 tonnes of molybdenum in May. While, Copper production declined by 4.3% to 103,415, gold and silver declined 10.9% and 8%, respectively.