Russia: OEMK confirms correspondence to international standards

Oskol Electrometallurgical Works has successfully passed the re-certification audit of the quality and environment management systems. The correspondence has been confirmed by TUV SUD Management and DNV GL. The audit has been carried out to check the compliance of the quality management system in car manufacture with IATF 16949:2016. Environment management system was checked for…

Kyrgyzstan: without investment gold production to decline

Without more investment in the mining industry, mineral production in the Kyrgyz Republic will decline over the next decade, report by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving countries’ governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development, says. As the author of the report “An Economic…

Russia: gold output up in May 2018

Russia’s production of finished, semi-finished, and powdered gold rose by 6% YoY and by 21.5% MoM in May, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a report. In January-May gold production increased by 2.9% YoY. Previously, absolute figures on production of non-ferrous metals were a state secret. The figures are no longer classified, but the…