In 2019, Russia extracted 367.952 tons of gold, up by 12% YoY.
286.563 tons accounted for extracted gold, up by 9.5%.
Auxiliary gold totaled 18.134 tons, up by 17.4%. And the rest accounted for gold-containing concentrates and secondary precious metal.
Polyus provided almost a quarter of all ore gold – 88.36 tons, up by 16.4%.
It is followed by Polymetal with 34.22 tons, and Kinross Gold – 16.42 tons.
It was expected to yield 350 tons of gold last year. Thus, the target has been exceeded by 5.1%. (Ukrainian metal)