Its Meadowbank and Kittila mines both achieved record quarterly production.
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The department said the new index has been been developed using data from existing quarterly indices of the production, services and construction industries.
The index has been developed using data from existing quarterly indices of output from the production, services and construction sectors combined with agricultural output data and employee jobs data for the public sector.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes Treasury international capital data, industrial production and capacity utilization, and quarterly e-commerce retail sales.
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Some capital equipment companies that manufacture capital equipment damaged in the WD factory (such as Veeco) should see some upside in their 2012 quarterly numbers as WD replaces the lost slider production capacity.
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In its quarterly earnings detail, Agnico-Eagle lifted its full-year production outlook to 1.025 million ounces of gold from 975, 000 ounces based on higher production, particularly from its Meadowbank mine in Nunavut.
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The Kittila mine, located in northern Finland, produced a total of 46, 758 ounces of gold and also saw a record 89% quarterly recovery while Pinos Altos, located in northern Mexico, also reached record production, totaling 57, 016 ounces of gold.
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U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes the Empire State manufacturing survey, Treasury international capital data, industrial production and capacity utilization, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, and quarterly e-commerce retail sales.
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And on Thursday, the Labor Department reported that third-quarter productivity of U.S. businesses increased 3.1 percent, reversing two straight quarterly declines and prompting some economists to say that companies may be trying to get higher production out of their current workforce rather than add staff given the uncertain outlook for consumer and business demand.
Exxon Mobil, the largest corporation in the United States, reported quarterly results on Thursday that were underwhelming despite a 38% surge in net income and impressive growth in production.
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