Russia: GV Gold’s output up in 2018

Gold output of GV Gold rose by 36%, to 304,300 ounces in 2018 thanks to higher efficiency on all facilities and as the plants on Taryn and Ugakhan reached their design capacity, the company said in a statement on January 28. Sales grew by 37%, to 299,000 ounces with the average price amounting to $1,255…

Kazakhstan: copper ore mining up in 2018

Over the past year, mining of copper ore rose by 8.2% YoY, to 103.2 million tons. The country produced 12.9 million tons of copper concentrates (+15.7%), 4.8 million tons of copper-zinc ores (-4.2%), and 580.6 thousand tons of copper in copper concentrate (+15.5%). The main copper ore miners are East Kazakhstan (37% of the total…