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Mali expects industrial gold output to jump 20 pct this year

BAMAKO, March 14 (Reuters) - * Mali's industrial gold production is expected to increase by 19.6 percent this year to 59.3 tonnes, the mines ministry said on Wednesday. * Output in 2017 was 49.6 tonnes. * The expected increase is primarily due to the start of production at B2Gold (Frankfurt: A0M889 - news) 's Fekola and Hummingbird Resources' Komana mines, the ministry said. (Reporting By Tiemoko Diallo; Writing by Aaron Ross; Editing by Edward McAllister)