Anglo Asian Mining's first half profits have been hit by the falling price of commodities.Pre-tax profit for the first six months fell to $4.2m from the previous year's $10.5m as revenues dipped to $27.6m from $30.1m.The company sold 14,229 ounces of gold at an average price of $1,561 per ounce compared to last year when 18,135 ounces were sold at an average price of $1,644.Nevertheless, the miner brought down its operating costs and boosted output. Gold and silver dore production from heap leach operations totalled 15,039 ounces gold and 9,999 ounces silver, up from 21,641 ounces gold and 12,174 ounces silver last year.Copper production from Gedabek totalled 166 tonnes and the group sold 1,500 wet metric tonnes of copper concentrate to Glencore and realised $5.1m of revenue."In the first six months of 2013, we have continued to perform as a profitable, lower-cost gold, copper and silver mining company, however it is in the second half of the year where we expect to truly deliver on our stated objectives of driving the growth, production and profitability of our flagship Gedabek mine and expanding our group gold production profile with the development of Gosha," said Non-Executive Chairman Khosrow Zamani. The group is aiming to reach production of 42,500 ounces of gold at Gedabek in the second half, resulting in a target of 60,000 ounces of gold for the full year 2013.The firm is also targeting 27,617 ounces of silver and 420 tonnes of copper from the mine for the year.Shares rose 0.40% to 31.25p at 14:14 on Thursday.RD