Australia’s First-Quarter Gold Output Rises 6%, Surbiton Says

Australia’s gold production rose 6 percent in the first quarter as mining operations withstood cyclones that lashed the nation’s east and west coasts, a research group said.

Output in the world’s second-biggest gold-producing nation rose 4 metric tons from a year earlier to 65 tons in the three months to March 31, Sandra Close, director at Melbourne-based Surbiton Associates Pty, said in an e-mailed statement.