China's leading gold miner, Zijin Mining Group, sees output flat in 2013 after an expected rise of nearly 5 percent this year, as falling production at its top mine is offset by growth elsewhere, a company official said on Monday. Mined gold production would rise 4.8 percent to around 30 tonnes this year, the company's vice chairman, Lan Fusheng, told Reuters on the sidelines of a precious metals industry conference in Hong Kong.

About 16 tonnes of the 2012 figure will be contributed by Zijinshan, the company's biggest gold mine in the south-eastern province of Fujian, whose output of 28.628 tonnes in 2011 accounted for about 9.5 percent of China's total.

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