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BUZZ-Antofagasta: FY production misses guidance

** Copper miner Antofagasta (Other OTC: ANFGF - news) down 3.1 pct, bottom of the FTSE 100 after 2015 production misses co's guidance and 2016 production outlook misses market expectations

** FY copper production falls 10.6 pct to 630,000 tonnes, below its 635,000 tonne target

** Co also says it expects production of 710,000-740,000 tonnes in 2016

** "Production guidance for 2016 came in significantly below the market's expectations," Macquarie analyst Alon Olsha says

** Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) bottom of the Stoxx 600 Basic Resources Index , with peers BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL - news) , Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L - news) , Glencore (Xetra: A1JAGV - news) and Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) down 2.3-2.7 pct (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)