Gold production was down 1.8 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, the Chamber of Mines said on Tuesday. When comparing the first and second quarters of 2011, gold production increased 6.4 percent to 47,563.6kg, the chamber said in a statement.

Workers at US company Freeport McMoRan's giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia's Papua region agreed on Monday to end a strike that has lasted more than a week. Workers at US company Freeport McMoRan's giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia's Papua