Minsur SA reported earnings results for the first half of 2013. For the period, the company reported profit drop 30% on lower tin sales coupled with costs associated with the startup of its gold mine. profit fell to $120 million from $156 million a year earlier. Sales dropped 5.3% to $359 million with tin sales falling 26%. Sales costs rose 30% to $131 million on the startup of the company's $90 million Pucamarca gold mine, while exploration
spending jumped 56% to $4.6 million.

First half refined tin production at the San Rafael mine fell 15% to 11,626t, while Pucamarca contributed 64,236oz gold. Treated concentrates slid 7% to 465,085t from 499,811t a year earlier.